Gaspé, S, Quebec (1871 census)
Gaspé, S was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 726. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.878°N, 64.625°W.
Population
In 1871, Gaspé, S had a population of 726: 378 male and 348 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 Gaspé, Village, 1881 (3.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Gaspé, S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 726 total population, 378 males, 348 females, 206 married persons, 123 families, 103 married females, 103 married males, 29 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 491 single persons under 18, 266 single males under 18, 225 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 116 occupied houses, 108 inhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 7 houses under construction, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 256,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Le Boutillier | 1797–1872 | died here |
| Terence Joseph O’Neill | 1802–1872 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC171006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC171006— 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). "Gaspé, S, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-s-qc171006-1871/.