St. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Paul l'Ermite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,048. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912672. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.772°N, 73.496°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Paul l'Ermite had a population of 1,048: 543 male and 505 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,006 |
| 1871 | 1,048 |
| 1881 | 1,490 |
| 1891 | 1,170 |
| 1901 | 1,388 |
| 1911 | 771 |
| 1921 | 762 |
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. Paul l'Ermite shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,048 total population, 543 males, 534 married persons, 505 females, 267 married females, 267 married males, 172 families, 62 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 452 single persons under 18, 253 single males under 18, 199 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 147 inhabited houses, 147 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 13,854 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC100005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912672
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. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-l-ermite-qc100005-1871/.