Preston & Addington, Quebec (1871–1891)

Preston & Addington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 3 censuses between 1871 and 1891. Population grew substantially across the period (from 57 in 1871 to 249 in 1891).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• incorporates territory from Preston in 1871
• incorporates territory from Addington in 1871

Descendant places

• later split into Preston in 1901

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC176037 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.