Year: 1871
| Province: Quebec
Allumettes, Quebec (1871 census)
Allumettes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,503. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.869°N, 77.048°W.
Population
In 1871, Allumettes had a population of 1,503: 788 male and 715 female residents. Population density was 20.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1851 | 1,025 |
| 1861 | 1,518 |
| 1871 | 1,503 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of families | 238 |
| Number of females | 715 |
| Number of males | 788 |
| Number of married females | 206 |
| Number of married males | 205 |
| Number of married persons | 411 |
| Number of widowed females | 31 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 48 |
| Total population | 1,503 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 478 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 566 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,044 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 223 |
| Number of occupied houses | 223 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 26 |
Agriculture (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BAR BU | 116 |
| BWT BU | 313 |
| CRN BU | 400 |
| HAY AC | 3,010 |
| HAY TONS | 2,177 |
| OAT BU | 40,196 |
| PEA BU | 4,631 |
| POT AC | 313 |
| POT BU | 32,622 |
| RYE BU | 1,446 |
| Total area (acres) | 44,400 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,428 |
| WHT WTR BU | 2,721 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| ACRES | 859 |
| AREA | 44,400 |
| BEING BUILT | 12 |
| BEN BU | 327 |
| CD | 91 |
| CSD | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 238 |
| FEMALE | 715 |
| GRA BU | 26 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 223 |
| INHABITED | 223 |
| MALE | 788 |
| MARRIED F | 206 |
| MARRIED M | 205 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 411 |
| POPULATION | 1,503 |
| ROOT BU | 175 |
| SINGLE F | 478 |
| SINGLE M | 566 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,044 |
| TUR BU | 584 |
| UNINHABITED | 26 |
| WIDOWED F | 31 |
| WIDOWED M | 17 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 48 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC091011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091011 — 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). "Allumettes, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/allumettes-qc091011-1871/.