Hunterstown, Quebec (1871 census)

Hunterstown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,238. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.454°N, 73.121°W.

Population

In 1871, Hunterstown had a population of 1,238: 636 male and 602 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 Hunterstown, 1881 (36.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Hunterstown shared boundaries with:

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• St. Barnabé
• St. Didace
• St. Elie
• St. Paulin
• St. Sévère
• Ste. Ursule

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 1,238 total population, 636 males, 602 females, 405 married persons, 215 families, 204 married males, 201 married females, 38 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 795 single persons under 18, 415 single males under 18, 380 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 175 occupied houses, 169 inhabited houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 180,320 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC128008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243291

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). "Hunterstown, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hunterstown-qc128008-1871/.