Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1871 census)
Ste. Angèle de Merrici was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 715. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464147. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.515°N, 68.071°W.
Population
In 1871, Ste. Angèle de Merrici had a population of 715: 372 male and 343 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 715 |
| 1881 | 1,199 |
| 1891 | 1,231 |
| 1901 | 1,361 |
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, Ste. Angèle de Merrici shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 715 total population, 372 males, 343 females, 264 married persons, 133 families, 132 married females, 132 married males, 5 widowed persons, 4 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 446 single persons under 18, 239 single males under 18, 207 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 125 occupied houses, 122 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 27,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC168002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC188010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464147
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Ang%C3%A8le-de-M%C3%A9rici
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Ang%C3%A8le-de-M%C3%A9rici
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). "Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ang-le-de-merrici-qc168002-1871/.