Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Laprairie, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,246. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142092. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.417°N, 73.489°W.
Population
In 1891, Laprairie, Village had a population of 1,246: 602 male and 644 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,523 |
| 1871 | 1,259 |
| 1881 | 1,340 |
| 1891 | 1,246 |
| 1901 | 1,451 |
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, Laprairie, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,246 total population, 644 females, 602 males, 401 married persons, 238 families, 201 married females, 200 married males, 87 widowed persons, 61 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 758 single persons under 18, 382 single females under 18, 376 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,215 French Canadians, 31 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 232 houses, 232 occupied houses, 182 houses built of wood, 162 houses of 2 stories, 97 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 51 uninhabited houses, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 stories, 33 houses built of brick, 29 houses of 1 story, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of over 15 rooms, 17 houses built of stone, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,233 pounds of homemade butter, 2,975 bushels of oats, 2,083 bushels of potatoes, 1,779 acres of land in farms, 1,528 acres of improved land in farms, 1,220 chickens, 1,120 acres of farmland under crops, 1,071 bushels of buckwheat, 979 acres of hay crops, 911 tons of hay, 338 bushels of peas, 270 acres of farmland in pasture, 251 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 238 occupants of farms, 224 bushels of barley, 219 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 219 swine slaughtered or sold, 213 other fowl, 199 acres of oats, 138 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 132 farm occupants who own their land, 128 milk cows, 116 horses aged over 3 years, 110 geese, 101 bushels of corn, 101 cattle killed or sold, 101 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 100 farm occupants who rent their land, 77 swine, 46 bushels of spring wheat, 36 sheep slaughtered or sold, 32 horses aged 3 years and under, 30 other cattle, 27 ducks, 25 sheep, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 acres of potatoes, 18 bushels of beans, 15 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 11 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 acres of wheat, 6 employees on farms, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 turkeys, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC161002— 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 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). "Laprairie, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/laprairie-village-qc161002-1891/.