Brompton, Quebec (1871 census)

Brompton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 856. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.505°N, 72.051°W.

Population

In 1871, Brompton had a population of 856: 476 male and 380 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Brompton and Gore, 1861 (71.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Brompton shared boundaries with:

• Melbourne
• Orford

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 16 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 856 total population, 476 males, 380 females, 285 married persons, 152 families, 143 married females, 142 married males, 19 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 552 single persons under 18, 327 single males under 18, 225 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 152 inhabited houses, 152 occupied houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 41,440 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC138001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242621

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). "Brompton, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brompton-qc138001-1871/.