Lanoraie, Quebec (1891 census)

Lanoraie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,715. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3217608. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.982°N, 73.256°W.

Population

In 1891, Lanoraie had a population of 1,715: 832 male and 883 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Lanoraie shared boundaries with:

• Berthier
• Lavaltrie
• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,715 total population, 883 females, 832 males, 584 married persons, 344 families, 292 married females, 292 married males, 84 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,047 single persons under 18, 542 single females under 18, 505 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,712 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 314 occupied houses, 313 houses, 296 houses of 1 story, 274 houses built of wood, 105 houses of 4 rooms, 96 houses of 3 rooms, 62 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses built of brick, 20 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 34,111 bushels of potatoes, 25,494 pounds of homemade butter, 23,903 acres of land in farms, 22,906 bushels of oats, 13,897 acres of improved land in farms, 13,209 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,006 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,526 bushels of corn, 4,987 bushels of buckwheat, 4,728 bushels of rye, 3,703 chickens, 3,520 bushels of turnips, 2,593 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,552 acres of oats, 1,667 tons of hay, 1,489 bushels of peas, 1,421 acres of hay crops, 1,028 bushels of spring wheat, 873 sheep, 833 swine, 669 acres of farmland under crops, 639 bushels of barley, 584 milk cows, 536 swine slaughtered or sold, 475 other cattle, 418 sheep slaughtered or sold, 364 horses aged over 3 years, 339 acres of potatoes, 226 occupants of farms, 215 farm occupants who own their land, 214 other fowl, 195 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 159 bushels of beans, 134 cattle killed or sold, 118 acres of wheat, 78 turkeys, 74 horses aged 3 years and under, 70 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 61 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 56 geese, 50 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 46 acres of barley, 45 ducks, 44 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 acres of turnips, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 oxen, 2 employees on farms, 1 pounds of fine wool produced on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC142004 — 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lanoraie-qc142004-1891/.