Lavaltrie, Quebec (1861 census)

Lavaltrie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,307. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 73.325°W.

Population

In 1861, Lavaltrie had a population of 1,307: 619 male and 688 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, Lavaltrie shared boundaries with:

• Lanoraie
• L’Assomption
• St. Paul
• St. Sulpice

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 149 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,307 total population, 688 females, Female members of the family who are present: 660, 619 males, Male members of the family who are present: 595, 446 single females, 386 single males, 217 married females, 216 married males, 164 adult males unable to read or write, 121 females attending school, 114 adult females unable to read or write, 91 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 28 female births, 28 male births, 25 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 24, 17 widowed males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 86 females aged 5 to 10, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 85 single females aged 15 to 20, 82 males aged 5 to 10, 82 single females aged 10 to 15, 65 married females aged 20 to 30, 59 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 57 single males aged 15 to 20, 48 single females aged 20 to 30, 47 married males aged 20 to 30, 39 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 single males aged 20 to 30, 32 married females aged 40 to 50, 30 females age 3 to 4, 30 married females aged 50 to 60, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 27 married males aged 50 to 60, 22 males aged 3 to 4, 20 females aged 1 to 2, 20 males aged 2 to 3, 18 males aged 1 to 2, 17 females aged 4 to 5, 16 married females aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 4 to 5, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 10 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 15 to 20, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 married males aged 15 to 20, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,307 French Canadians. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $410,440 value farms (dollars), 112,583 bushels of rye, $41,138 value all livestock, 38,639 pounds of homemade butter, 28,707 bushels of oats, 26,109 pounds of maple sugar, $19,635 value horses aged over 3 years, 19,247 acres of land in farms, $18,393 value farm implements in dollars, 15,791 bushels of potatoes, 10,220 acres of farmland under cultivation, 9,493 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 9,027 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,988 acres of farmland under crops, 4,189 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,747 bushels of barley, 2,840 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,165 acres of oats, 1,967 bushels of buckwheat, 1,927 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,879 bushels of peas, 1,518 acres of rye, $1,505 value garden and orchard crops, 1,353 tons of hay, 1,086 sheep, 885 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 668 bulls, oxen, or steers, 577 milk cows, 522 calves and heifers, 482 swine, 443 bushels of corn, 386 bushels of spring wheat, 338 horses aged over 3 years, 335 barrels of pork, 227 occupants of farms, 190 acres of barley, 168 acres of potatoes, 145 acres of peas, 118 acres of buckwheat, 117 horses aged 3 years and under, 101 barrels of beef, 57 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 acres of farmland in gardens, 35 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 30 acres of spring wheat, 21 acres of corn, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 bushels of beans, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of mangel wurtzel, 3 acres of winter wheat. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,986 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,264 yards of linen, 1,944 yards of flannel, 1,764 yards of fulled cloth, 337 carriages for pleasure, 1 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 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 3 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: QC008006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043004_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141403
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavaltrie
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavaltrie

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). "Lavaltrie, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lavaltrie-qc008006-1861/.