Hampden, Marston, Whitton, Quebec (1871 census)

Name: Hampden, Marston, Whitton (1871)
Address: Quebec, CA

Hampden, Marston, Whitton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.574°N, 71.042°W.

Population

In 1871, Hampden, Marston, Whitton had a population of 936: 491 male and 445 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 Hampden, 1861 (18.7% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Whitton, 1861 (41.6% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Marston, 1861 (39.7% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Whitton, 1881 (41.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Hamden, 1881 (18.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Marston S, 1881 (20.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Marston N, 1881 (19.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Hampden, Marston, Whitton 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 936 total population, 491 males, 445 females, 285 married persons, 155 families, 143 married females, 142 married males, 21 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 630 single persons under 18, 341 single males under 18, 289 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 148 occupied houses, 147 inhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 180,800 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC142010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC142010 — 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). "Hampden, Marston, Whitton, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hampden-marston-whitton-qc142010-1871/.