Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Laprairie, Village (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Laprairie, Village was a village in Laprairie County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,523. 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 density was 739.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,757
1861	1,523
1871	1,259
1881	1,340
1891	1,246
1901	1,451
1911	2,388
1921	2,158

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 298 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (24 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	678
Females present who are not members of the family	133
Male members of the family who are present	606
Males present who are not members of the family	106
Number of adult females unable to read or write	363
Number of adult males unable to read or write	190
Number of blind males	1
Number of female births in the past year	9
Number of females	811
Number of females attending school	126
Number of male births in the past year	12
Number of males	712
Number of males attending school	134
Number of married females	207
Number of married males	223
Number of single females	575
Number of single males	469
Number of widowed females	29
Number of widowed males	20
POP FX N.1	811
POP MX N.1	712
POP TOT	1,523
POP XX N.1	1,523
Total population	1,523

Age structure (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	19
Number of females aged 1 to 2	12
Number of females aged 2 to 3	15
Number of females aged 4 to 5	24
Number of females aged 5 to 10	106
Number of females of unknown age	2
Number of males aged 1 to 2	25
Number of males aged 2 to 3	17
Number of males aged 3 to 4	19
Number of males aged 4 to 5	18
Number of males aged 5 to 10	90
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	50
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	45
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	55
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	28
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	16
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	11
Number of married females aged 80 to 90	2
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	25
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	50
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	56
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	46
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	25
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	18
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	2
Number of married males over 100	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	116
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	108
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	79
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	40
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	16
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	11
Number of single females aged 60 to 70	8
Number of single females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of single females aged 80 to 90	5
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	93
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	76
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	68
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	17
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	10
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	9
Number of single males aged 60 to 70	11
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	3
Number of single males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	1
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	6
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	4
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	7
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of widowed females aged 80 to 90	5
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	1
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	5
Number of widowed males aged 60 to 70	2
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	8
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	2

Ethnic origin (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,346
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	115
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	7
Number of persons originating in France	5
Number of persons originating in Ireland	14
Number of persons originating in New Brunswick	2
Number of persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island	1
Number of persons originating in Scotland	11
Number of persons originating in the United States	17
Number of persons whose origin is unknown	5

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	68
Acres of buckwheat	8
Acres of corn	1
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	2
Acres of farmland in gardens	9
Acres of farmland in pasture	70
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	126
Acres of farmland under crops	737
Acres of farmland under cultivation	816
Acres of land in farms	942
Acres of mangel wurtzel	1
Acres of oats	140
Acres of peas	80
Acres of potatoes	6
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	800
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	1,571
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,515
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	87
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	6
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	56
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	90
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,392
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,283
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	935
C22 BAR AC	68
C23 BAR BU	1,515
C26 PEA AC	80
C27 PEA BU	1,283
C28 OAT AC	140
C29 OAT BU	2,392
C30 BWT AC	8
C31 BWT BU	87
C34 POT AC	6
C35 POT BU	935
C63 BEEF BAR	800
C64 PORK BAR	1,571
HRS ov03 V	2,410
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	8
Number of calves and heifers	1
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	312
Number of horses aged over 3 years	144
Number of milk cows	121
Number of occupants of farms	30
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	14
Number of sheep	59
Number of swine	132
Pounds of homemade butter	562
Value of all livestock	14,451
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	5

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for hire	88
Number of carriages for pleasure	132
Value of carriages for hire (dollars)	409
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	2,647
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	83

Deaths & mortality (11 variables)

Variable	Value
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
Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80	3
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	11
Deaths in the past year among females under age 1	4
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	3
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	5
Deaths in the past year among males under age 1	2
Total number of deaths in the past year	16

Other recorded variables (137 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	30
C02 OCC UNDR 10	14
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	7
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	4
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	2
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	3
C08 HELD	942
C09 UNDR CULT	816
C1 Males	712
C10 Deaths under 1 year M	2
C10 UNDR CROP	737
C108 Over 100 years Married M	1
C11 Deaths under 1 year F	4
C11 UNDR PAST	70
C117 Ages not given F	2
C12 GARDENS	9
C12 Under 2 Years M	25
C120 Married M	223
C121 Single M	469
C122 Widowed M	20
C123 Total M	712
C124 Married F	207
C125 Single F	575
C126 Widows F	29
C127 Total F	811
C128 Grand Total	1,523
C129 Deaths M	5
C13 Under 2 Years F	12
C13 WOOD WILD	126
C130 Deaths F	11
C131 Deaths Total	16
C136 Attending School M	134
C137 Attending School F	126
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	190
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	363
C142 Blind M	1
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	5
C16 Under 3 years M	17
C17 LAND HELD	2
C17 Under 3 years F	15
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	811
C20 Under 4 years M	19
C21 Under 4 years F	19
C24 Under 5 years M	18
C25 Under 5 years F	24
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	90
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	106
C3 Total	1,523
C32 INDN CRN AC	1
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	93
C33 INDN CRN BU	56
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	116
C38 CAR BU	6
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	76
C39 MAN WURT AC	1
C4 Members of Family M	606
C40 MAN WURT BU	90
C41 BEN BU	5
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	108
C43 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths F	1
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	25
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	68
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	2
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	50
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	79
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	83
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	1
C5 Members of Family F	678
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	3
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	50
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	8
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	17
C53 MILK COWS	121
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	1
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	45
C55 HORSES	144
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	40
C56 HORSES VAL	2,410
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	1
C57 COLTS FILLIES	312
C58 SHEEP	59
C59 SWINE	132
C6 Not Members of Family M	106
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	56
C60 TOT VALUE	14,451
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	10
C61 BUTTER LB	562
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	1
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	55
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	16
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	6
C67 Between 40 and 50 years Deaths F	1
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	46
C68 CAR PLEASURE	132
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	9
C69 VALUE DOL P	2,647
C7 Not Members of Family F	133
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	5
C70 CAR HIRE	88
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	28
C71 VALUE DOL H	409
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	11
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	4
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	25
C77 Between 60 and 70 years Single M	11
C78 Between 60 and 70 years Widowers M	2
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	16
C8 Births in 1860 M	12
C80 Between 60 and 70 years Single F	8
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	7
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	18
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	3
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	8
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	11
C88 Between 70 and 80 years Single F	5
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	5
C9 Births in 1860 F	9
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	3
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	2
C93 Between 80 and 90 years Single M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	2
C95 Between 80 and 90 years Married F	2
C96 Between 80 and 90 years Single F	5
C97 Between 80 and 90 years Widows F	5
CD NAME	Laprairie
England and Wales	7
France	5
Ireland	14
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,346
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	115
New Brunswick	2
Not Known	5
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island	1
Scotland	11
United States	17

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC027001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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/.