St. Hilarion, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Hilarion was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 862. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463170. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.581°N, 70.400°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Hilarion had a population of 862: 429 male and 433 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 281 |
| 1861 | 540 |
| 1871 | 862 |
| 1881 | 1,020 |
| 1891 | 1,099 |
| 1901 | 1,035 |
| 1911 | 991 |
| 1921 | 854 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Hilarion shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 862 total population, 433 females, 429 males, 264 married persons, 133 families, 132 married females, 132 married males, 15 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 583 single persons under 18, 292 single males under 18, 291 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 113 inhabited houses, 113 occupied houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 22,240 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463170
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 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). "St. Hilarion, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilarion-qc149006-1871/.