Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford, Quebec (1881 census)
Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.351°N, 72.205°W.
Population
In 1881, Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford had a population of 2,711: 1,364 male and 1,347 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Gentilly, Blandford, 1871 (86.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gentilly, 1891 (58.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Marie de Blandford, 1891 (41.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,711 total population, 1,364 males, 1,347 females, 895 married persons, 496 families, 450 married males, 445 married females, 90 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,726 single persons under 18, 881 single males under 18, 845 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 421 inhabited houses, 421 occupied houses, 81 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 47,976 bushels of oats, 12,396 bushels of potatoes, 5,658 tons of hay, 5,343 bushels of buckwheat, 4,851 bushels of peas and beans, 4,802 bushels of spring wheat, 3,758 acres of hay crops, 721 acres of wheat, 578 bushels of barley, 543 bushels of other root crops, 481 bushels of turnips, 461 bushels of corn, 413 bushels of rye, 177 acres of potatoes, 173 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Gaudet | 1818–1882 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,711 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051015— 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 1881 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). "Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gentilly-ste-marie-de-blandford-qc051015-1881/.