Grantham, Quebec (1871 census)

Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.908°N, 72.556°W.

Population

In 1871, Grantham had a population of 829: 413 male and 416 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 Grantham, 1861 (37.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Drummondville, Town—Ville, 1881 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Grantham shared boundaries with:

• St. Bonaventure
• St. Germain
• Wickham

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 829 total population, 416 females, 413 males, 258 married persons, 146 families, 130 married males, 128 married females, 30 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 541 single persons under 18, 276 single males under 18, 265 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 141 inhabited houses, 141 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 28,460 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC136004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054003_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243231

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). "Grantham, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grantham-qc136004-1871/.