Lavaltrie, Quebec (1891 census)

Lavaltrie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 987. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 73.325°W.

Population

In 1891, Lavaltrie had a population of 987: 492 male and 495 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, Lavaltrie shared boundaries with:

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

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 987 total population, 495 females, 492 males, 351 married persons, 219 families, 177 married males, 174 married females, 43 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 593 single persons under 18, 299 single females under 18, 294 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 986 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 187 houses, 187 occupied houses, 173 houses built of wood, 102 houses of 2 stories, 85 houses of 1 story, 61 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 1 room, 8 houses built of stone, 6 houses built of brick, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 47,925 pounds of homemade butter, 18,542 bushels of potatoes, 16,956 bushels of oats, 16,912 acres of land in farms, 11,460 acres of improved land in farms, 7,817 bushels of corn, 7,501 acres of farmland under crops, 5,452 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,923 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,878 bushels of rye, 3,632 chickens, 3,111 bushels of buckwheat, 2,173 acres of oats, 2,135 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,819 tons of hay, 1,408 acres of hay crops, 1,021 bushels of turnips, 728 bushels of barley, 558 milk cows, 543 sheep, 496 bushels of peas, 462 swine slaughtered or sold, 450 swine, 442 bushels of spring wheat, 404 sheep slaughtered or sold, 355 other cattle, 298 horses aged over 3 years, 182 acres of potatoes, 180 occupants of farms, 163 turkeys, 159 farm occupants who own their land, 154 bushels of beans, 117 cattle killed or sold, 105 ducks, 95 horses aged 3 years and under, 69 geese, 64 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 61 acres of wheat, 59 acres of barley, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 acres of turnips, 3 other fowl, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC142005 — 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 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). "Lavaltrie, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lavaltrie-qc142005-1891/.