Trois Rivières, Paroisse, Quebec (1871 census)

Trois Rivières, Paroisse was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 844. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44012. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.328°N, 72.604°W.

Population

In 1871, Trois Rivières, Paroisse had a population of 844: 403 male and 441 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Banlieue, 1861 (28.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Trois-Rivières, 1881 (49.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Trois Rivières, Paroisse shared boundaries with:

• Pointe du Lac
• St. Etienne
• Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier
• Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier
• Trois-Rivières, St. Philippe, Ward—Quartier

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 844 total population, 441 females, 403 males, 239 married persons, 145 families, 120 married females, 119 married males, 32 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 573 single persons under 18, 301 single females under 18, 272 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 125 occupied houses, 124 inhabited houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 8,639 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC131005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC131005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q44012
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res

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). "Trois Rivières, Paroisse, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-paroisse-qc131005-1871/.