Farnham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1871 census)

Farnham, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,317. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.284°N, 72.976°W.

Population

In 1871, Farnham, Town—Ville had a population of 1,317: 657 male and 660 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 Farnham, 1861 (3.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Farnham, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Farnham W-O

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 1,317 total population, 660 females, 657 males, 504 married persons, 275 families, 254 married males, 250 married females, 33 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 780 single persons under 18, 392 single males under 18, 388 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 253 inhabited houses, 253 occupied houses, 9 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 227 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC125012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC170005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141743
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnham,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnham_(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). "Farnham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/farnham-town-ville-qc125012-1871/.