Lanoraie, Quebec (1861 census)

Lanoraie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,057. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3217608. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.982°N, 73.256°W.

Population

In 1861, Lanoraie had a population of 2,057: 1,026 male and 1,031 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Lanoraie shared boundaries with:

• Berthier, Parish
• Lavaltrie
• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,057 total population, 1,031 females, 1,026 males, Male members of the family who are present: 994, Female members of the family who are present: 981, 693 single males, 644 single females, 345 married females, 324 adult males unable to read or write, 307 married males, 264 adult females unable to read or write, 170 males attending school, 149 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, 44 male births, 42 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 32, 30 female births, 26 widowed males, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 154 single males aged 10 to 15, 142 males aged 5 to 10, 140 females aged 5 to 10, 140 single females aged 10 to 15, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 118 single males aged 15 to 20, 102 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 single males aged 20 to 30, 93 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 married females aged 30 to 40, 76 married females aged 40 to 50, 76 married males aged 40 to 50, 64 single females aged 20 to 30, 51 married males aged 50 to 60, 50 married males aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 34 males aged 4 to 5, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 females aged 4 to 5, 31 females aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 17 males aged 1 to 2, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,045 French Canadians, 3 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $365,756 value farms (dollars), $50,845 value all livestock, 50,409 bushels of oats, 39,197 bushels of potatoes, $25,176 value horses aged over 3 years, 23,680 acres of land in farms, 21,880 pounds of homemade butter, 20,625 pounds of maple sugar, $14,980 value farm implements in dollars, 13,851 bushels of rye, 12,426 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,254 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,344 acres of farmland under crops, 4,998 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,876 pounds of wool produced on farms, $3,698 value garden and orchard crops, 3,631 pounds of flax or hemp, 2,706 acres of oats, 2,273 acres of rye, 2,018 bushels of buckwheat, 1,876 bushels of barley, 1,542 bushels of peas, 1,494 sheep, 1,067 bushels of spring wheat, 807 tons of hay, 762 swine, 744 bulls, oxen, or steers, 694 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 678 milk cows, 650 bushels of corn, 536 calves and heifers, 463 barrels of pork, 428 horses aged over 3 years, 264 acres of potatoes, 202 occupants of farms, 175 bushels of turnips, 161 acres of peas, 139 barrels of beef, 130 acres of buckwheat, 103 acres of barley, 97 acres of spring wheat, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 84 acres of farmland in gardens, 83 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 64 acres of mangel wurtzel, 45 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 35 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 35 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 27 acres of corn, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 9 bushels of winter wheat, 3 bushels of carrots, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $9,418 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,387 yards of linen, 2,770 yards of flannel, 2,413 yards of fulled cloth, 448 carriages for pleasure, 13 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 30 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC008005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3217608
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanoraie
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanoraie

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Lanoraie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lanoraie-qc008005-1861/.