Batiscan, Quebec (1871 census)

Batiscan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 274. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.798°N, 72.505°W.

Population

In 1871, Batiscan had a population of 274: 136 male and 138 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Thècle, 1881 (54.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Batiscan shared boundaries with:

• Mékinac
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• NO DATA
• St. Casimir
• St. Prosper
• St. Stanislas
• St. Tite

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 274 total population, 138 females, 136 males, 87 married persons, 50 families, 45 married males, 42 married females, 4 widowed persons, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 183 single persons under 18, 94 single females under 18, 89 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 47 inhabited houses, 47 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 483,200 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC133006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC133006 — 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). "Batiscan, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/batiscan-qc133006-1871/.