Granby, Quebec (1871 census)

Granby was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,225. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3113418. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.376°N, 72.752°W.

Population

In 1871, Granby had a population of 2,225: 1,160 male and 1,065 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 was contained in Granby, 1861 (92.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Granby shared boundaries with:

• Abbotsford
• Brome
• Farnham E
• Granby, Village
• L’Ange Gardien
• Shefford
• Ste. Cécile

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 2,225 total population, 1,160 males, 1,065 females, 793 married persons, 422 families, 397 married females, 396 married males, 55 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,377 single persons under 18, 739 single males under 18, 638 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 404 inhabited houses, 404 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 54,100 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC127001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC127001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3113418
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granby,_Quebec_(township)
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granby_(municipalit%C3%A9_de_canton)

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). "Granby, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/granby-qc127001-1871/.