Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)

Terrebonne, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,219. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.697°N, 73.635°W.

Population

In 1861, Terrebonne, Town—Ville had a population of 1,219: 595 male and 624 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Terrebonne, Town—Ville, 1851 (2.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Terrebonne, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• Terrebonne, Village, and College Masson

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,219 total population, 624 females, Female members of the family who are present: 596, 595 males, Male members of the family who are present: 562, 450 single females, 423 single males, 176 males attending school, 168 females attending school, 164 married males, 159 married females, 139 adult males unable to read or write, 80 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 33, Females present who are not members of the family: 28, 23 female births, 17 male births, 15 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 143 males aged 5 to 10, 124 females aged 5 to 10, 110 single females aged 10 to 15, 86 single males aged 10 to 15, 70 single males aged 15 to 20, 69 single females aged 15 to 20, 42 married females aged 30 to 40, 42 married males aged 30 to 40, 41 single females aged 20 to 30, 38 married females aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 married females aged 40 to 50, 32 single males aged 20 to 30, 29 married females aged 50 to 60, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 23 males aged 1 to 2, 20 females age 3 to 4, 19 females aged 1 to 2, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 males aged 2 to 3, 14 females aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 4 to 5, 8 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married males aged 70 to 80, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,212 French Canadians, 2 persons originating in France, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 2 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $348,794 value farms (dollars), $41,352 value all livestock, 30,085 bushels of oats, $26,437 value horses aged over 3 years, 23,222 pounds of homemade butter, 17,368 acres of land in farms, 13,145 bushels of potatoes, $11,715 value farm implements in dollars, 9,070 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,298 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,466 bushels of peas, 5,447 acres of farmland under crops, 4,495 bushels of barley, 3,840 pounds of maple sugar, 3,574 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,805 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,950 acres of oats, $1,950 value garden and orchard crops, 1,949 bushels of buckwheat, 1,878 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,466 bushels of winter wheat, 1,090 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,063 bushels of carrots, 1,008 bushels of rye, 947 sheep, 821 tons of hay, 771 bushels of spring wheat, 602 milk cows, 586 acres of peas, 524 bulls, oxen, or steers, 450 bushels of turnips, 415 calves and heifers, 410 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 346 swine, 305 horses aged over 3 years, 269 acres of barley, 229 barrels of pork, 200 acres of rye, 162 acres of winter wheat, 152 acres of potatoes, 145 bushels of corn, 136 horses aged 3 years and under, 135 acres of buckwheat, 132 occupants of farms, 131 barrels of beef, 95 bushels of beans, 78 acres of spring wheat, 62 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 49 acres of farmland in gardens, 39 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 18 acres of corn, 13 acres of mangel wurtzel, 7 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $6,494 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 2,123 yards of linen, 2,029 yards of flannel, 1,253 yards of fulled cloth, 245 carriages for pleasure, $30 value carriages for hire (dollars), 6 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 4 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 12 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: QC055011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139190
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrebonne

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). "Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/terrebonne-town-ville-qc055011-1861/.