Danville, VL, Quebec (1871 census)

Danville, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 621. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.784°N, 72.017°W.

Population

In 1871, Danville, VL had a population of 621: 338 male and 283 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Danville, VL shared boundaries with:

• Shipton

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 621 total population, 338 males, 283 females, 202 married persons, 107 families, 101 married females, 101 married males, 11 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 408 single persons under 18, 234 single males under 18, 174 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 82 inhabited houses, 82 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 600 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC138007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142481
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Danville, VL, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/danville-vl-qc138007-1871/.