Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Laprairie, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,523. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142092. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 73.489°W.

Population

In 1861, Laprairie, Village had a population of 1,523: 712 male and 811 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, Laprairie, Village shared boundaries with:

• Laprairie, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 145 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,523 total population, 811 females, 712 males, Female members of the family who are present: 678, Male members of the family who are present: 606, 575 single females, 469 single males, 363 adult females unable to read or write, 223 married males, 207 married females, 190 adult males unable to read or write, 134 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 133, 126 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 106, 29 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 12 male births, 9 female births, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 116 single females aged 10 to 15, 108 single females aged 15 to 20, 106 females aged 5 to 10, 93 single males aged 10 to 15, 90 males aged 5 to 10, 79 single females aged 20 to 30, 76 single males aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 20 to 30, 56 married males aged 40 to 50, 55 married females aged 40 to 50, 50 married females aged 20 to 30, 50 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married males aged 50 to 60, 45 married females aged 30 to 40, 40 single females aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 50 to 60, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 20 to 30, 25 married males aged 60 to 70, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 19 females age 3 to 4, 19 males aged 3 to 4, 18 males aged 4 to 5, 18 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 17 single males aged 30 to 40, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 females aged 2 to 3, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 single males aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 single females aged 60 to 70, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 females of unknown age, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 married males over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,346 French Canadians, 115 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 17 persons originating in the United States, 14 persons originating in Ireland, 11 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in France, 5 persons whose origin is unknown, 2 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $14,451 value all livestock, $2,410 value horses aged over 3 years, 2,392 bushels of oats, 1,571 barrels of pork, 1,515 bushels of barley, 1,283 bushels of peas, 942 acres of land in farms, 935 bushels of potatoes, 816 acres of farmland under cultivation, 800 barrels of beef, 737 acres of farmland under crops, 562 pounds of homemade butter, 312 horses aged 3 years and under, 144 horses aged over 3 years, 140 acres of oats, 132 swine, 126 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 121 milk cows, 90 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 87 bushels of buckwheat, 80 acres of peas, 70 acres of farmland in pasture, 68 acres of barley, 59 sheep, 56 bushels of corn, 30 occupants of farms, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens, 8 acres of buckwheat, 8 bulls, oxen, or steers, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 6 acres of potatoes, 6 bushels of carrots, 5 bushels of beans, $5 value garden and orchard crops, 4 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 2 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 calves and heifers. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $2,647 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $409 value carriages for hire (dollars), 132 carriages for pleasure, 88 carriages for hire, 83 yards of fulled cloth. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC027001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC161002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142092
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Prairie,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Prairie

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). "Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/laprairie-village-qc027001-1861/.