Longueuil, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)

Longueuil, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,816. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139398. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.536°N, 73.504°W.

Population

In 1861, Longueuil, Town—Ville had a population of 2,816: 1,376 male and 1,440 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, Longueuil, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Longueuil, Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,816 total population, 1,440 females, 1,376 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,269, Male members of the family who are present: 1,258, 1,023 single females, 1,023 single males, 358 married females, 322 married males, 313 adult females unable to read or write, 273 adult males unable to read or write, 214 males attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 171, Males present who are not members of the family: 118, 69 females attending school, 59 widowed females, 55 male births, 51 female births, 31 widowed males, 3 blind males, 2 blind females, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 211 females aged 5 to 10, 195 males aged 5 to 10, 194 single females aged 10 to 15, 178 single females aged 15 to 20, 176 single males aged 15 to 20, 175 single males aged 10 to 15, 157 single females aged 20 to 30, 126 single males aged 20 to 30, 92 married females aged 40 to 50, 88 married males aged 40 to 50, 81 males aged 3 to 4, 81 married females aged 30 to 40, 77 married females aged 20 to 30, 71 married males aged 30 to 40, 64 males aged 4 to 5, 63 married males aged 50 to 60, 52 females aged 4 to 5, 51 married females aged 50 to 60, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 males aged 2 to 3, 42 single females aged 40 to 50, 41 married males aged 20 to 30, 32 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 27 single females aged 30 to 40, 26 females aged 1 to 2, 26 females aged 2 to 3, 25 single males aged 30 to 40, 25 single males aged 40 to 50, 22 married females aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 14 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 married females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 9 single females aged 50 to 60, 9 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 8 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 males of unknown age, 6 married males aged 80 to 90, 6 single males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,753 French Canadians, 31 persons originating in Ireland, 21 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in France, 2 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Switzerland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $90,300 value farms (dollars), $15,852 value all livestock, 3,895 bushels of oats, 1,701 bushels of potatoes, 1,620 pounds of homemade butter, 1,464 acres of land in farms, $1,224 value farm implements in dollars, 1,100 acres of farmland under cultivation, 784 acres of farmland under crops, 719 bushels of barley, 505 bushels of peas, 364 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $333 value garden and orchard crops, 300 acres of farmland in pasture, 211 tons of hay, 209 acres of oats, 191 horses aged over 3 years, 164 bushels of carrots, 136 milk cows, 118 swine, 112 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 100 pounds of maple sugar, 100 pounds of wool produced on farms, 90 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 86 bushels of spring wheat, 49 acres of barley, 35 bushels of corn, 33 barrels of pork, 23 acres of peas, 21 occupants of farms, 19 sheep, 17 acres of potatoes, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 acres of farmland in gardens, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 acres of spring wheat, 5 calves and heifers, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 bulls, oxen, or steers, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $5,646 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 215 carriages for hire, 212 carriages for pleasure, 18 yards of fulled cloth, 15 yards of flannel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 13 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC011006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC145007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139398
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil

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). "Longueuil, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/longueuil-town-ville-qc011006-1861/.