Bécancour, Quebec (1871 census)
Bécancour was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,629. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875509. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.332°N, 72.389°W.
Population
In 1871, Bécancour had a population of 2,629: 1,318 male and 1,311 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 Bécancour, 1861 (76.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Bécancour shared boundaries with:
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 2,629 total population, 1,318 males, 1,311 females, 748 married persons, 475 families, 376 married males, 372 married females, 97 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 38 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,784 single persons under 18, 904 single males under 18, 880 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 360 inhabited houses, 360 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 17,080 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC135005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC135005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875509
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cancour,_Quebec_(community)
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cancour_(village)
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). "Bécancour, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/b-cancour-qc135005-1871/.