Hereford, Quebec (1871 census)

Hereford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,230. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.092°N, 71.568°W.

Population

In 1871, Hereford had a population of 1,230: 646 male and 584 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hereford W-O, 1881 (50.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Hereford E, 1881 (42.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Hereford Gore, 1881 (7.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Hereford shared boundaries with:

• Auckland
• Barford
• Clifton

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 1,230 total population, 646 males, 584 females, 428 married persons, 219 families, 216 married males, 212 married females, 20 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 782 single persons under 18, 424 single males under 18, 358 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 219 inhabited houses, 219 occupied houses, 37 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 64,300 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC142001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC155009_1911 — 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). "Hereford, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hereford-qc142001-1871/.