Actonvale, Quebec (1871 census)
Actonvale was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,849. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.644°N, 72.566°W.
Population
In 1871, Actonvale had a population of 1,849: 912 male and 937 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 was contained in Acton, Town—Ville, 1861 (2.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Actonvale shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,849 total population, 937 females, 912 males, 633 married persons, 319 married males, 314 married females, 302 families, 37 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,179 single persons under 18, 594 single females under 18, 585 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 196 inhabited houses, 196 occupied houses, 40 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC122011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC122011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Actonvale, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/actonvale-qc122011-1871/.