Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Terrebonne, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,457. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139190. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.697°N, 73.635°W.

Population

In 1891, Terrebonne, Town—Ville had a population of 1,457: 681 male and 776 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, Terrebonne, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Lachenaie
• St. Louis

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,457 total population, 776 females, 681 males, 529 married persons, 298 families, 266 married females, 263 married males, 71 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 857 single persons under 18, 463 single females under 18, 394 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,369 French Canadians, 88 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 298 houses, 298 occupied houses, 245 houses of 1 story, 240 houses built of wood, 99 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 46 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses built of brick, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,633 pounds of homemade butter, 4,852 bushels of potatoes, 3,525 acres of land in farms, 3,028 bushels of oats, 1,810 acres of improved land in farms, 1,715 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,524 chickens, 1,259 acres of farmland under crops, 475 acres of farmland in pasture, 424 bushels of barley, 408 tons of hay, 350 acres of hay crops, 286 bushels of corn, 251 bushels of buckwheat, 215 bushels of spring wheat, 207 occupants of farms, 201 bushels of turnips, 198 swine slaughtered or sold, 175 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 167 acres of oats, 158 farm occupants who own their land, 150 milk cows, 131 bushels of peas, 116 horses aged over 3 years, 103 swine, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 74 turkeys, 64 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 62 geese, 49 farm occupants who rent their land, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 43 cattle killed or sold, 37 acres of potatoes, 36 other cattle, 33 bushels of beans, 33 ducks, 28 sheep, 27 horses aged 3 years and under, 21 acres of barley, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 acres of wheat, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 8 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC193018 — 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 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). "Terrebonne, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/terrebonne-town-ville-qc193018-1891/.