Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1851 census)

Terrebonne, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,129. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.710°N, 73.731°W.

Population

In 1851, Terrebonne, Town—Ville had a population of 2,129: 1,010 male and 1,119 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Terrebonne, Town—Ville, 1861 (2.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Terrebonne, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• St. Henry
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Thérèse, Parish

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 221 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,129 total population, 1,119 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,042, 1,010 males, Male members of the family who are present: 953, 759 single females, 673 single males, 346 families, 312 married females, 309 married males, 175 males attending school, 157 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 77, Males present who are not members of the family: 57, 48 widowed females, 40 female births, 33 male births, 28 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 4 lunatic females, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 166 females aged 5 to 10, 160 males aged 5 to 10, 144 single males aged 10 to 15, 134 single females aged 15 to 20, 132 single females aged 10 to 15, 116 single males aged 15 to 20, 89 married males aged 30 to 40, 85 married females aged 20 to 30, 80 married females aged 30 to 40, 78 married females aged 40 to 50, 74 married males aged 40 to 50, 69 single females aged 20 to 30, 58 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 single males aged 20 to 30, 51 females under age 1, 49 married males aged 50 to 60, 43 females age 3 to 4, 43 females aged 4 to 5, 41 males under age 1, 38 males aged 1 to 2, 37 married females aged 50 to 60, 36 males aged 2 to 3, 36 males aged 4 to 5, 34 females aged 1 to 2, 27 married males aged 60 to 70, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 23 single females aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 40 to 50, 19 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 12 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 married males aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married females aged 15 to 20, 10 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 30 to 40, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,029 French Canadians, 64 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 13 persons originating in England or Wales, 13 persons originating in Ireland, 3 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 184,496 tons of hay, 20,953 bushels of oats, 18,299 acres of land in farms, 16,348 pounds of homemade butter, 10,160 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,139 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,084 bushels of potatoes, 6,990 bushels of wheat, 5,822 bushels of peas, 5,442 pounds of maple sugar, 5,220 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,862 acres of farmland under crops, 3,269 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,491 bushels of rye, 2,460 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,650 pounds of tobacco, 1,327 acres of oats, 1,302 sheep, 1,099 bushels of buckwheat, 895 bushels of barley, 890 acres of wheat, 842 milk cows, 605 acres of peas, 451 horses, 437 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 421 barrels of pork, 374 acres of rye, 354 bushels of corn, 349 swine, 260 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 255 occupants of farms, 248 calves and heifers, 210 bushels of carrots, 198 acres of potatoes, 165 bulls, oxen, or steers, 133 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 acres of buckwheat, 78 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 76 bushels of turnips, 70 acres of barley, 55 barrels of beef, 53 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 acres of corn, 25 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 5 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 11,000 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $7,000 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 7,000 yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, 1,987 yards of linen, $1,500 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 1,499 yards of flannel, 1,307 yards of fulled cloth, $675 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $125 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 10 employees in carding and fulling mills, 4 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills powered by water, 2 employees in saw mills, 2 grist mills, 2 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 2 grist mills returning capital, 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 saw mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   distilleries returning capital,   employees in distilleries,   employees in foundries,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries not reporting,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital, $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded   gallons of liquor produced in distilleries — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 42 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 15, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 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 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 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: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079009 — 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 1851 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 (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/terrebonne-town-ville-qc079009-1851/.