L’lslet, St. Eugène, Quebec (1871 census)

L’lslet, St. Eugène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,084. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.089°N, 70.335°W.

Population

In 1871, L’lslet, St. Eugène had a population of 4,084: 2,013 male and 2,071 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained L'Islet, 1881 (52.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Eugène, 1881 (47.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, L’lslet, St. Eugène shared boundaries with:

• Cap St. Ignace, Bourdages, Patton & Talon
• St. Aubert, Fournier
• St. Cyrille, Lessard, Beaubien, Arago, Leverrier
• St. Jean Port Joli

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 4,084 total population, 2,071 females, 2,013 males, 1,187 married persons, 790 families, 594 married males, 593 married females, 172 widowed persons, 109 widowed females, 63 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,725 single persons under 18, 1,369 single females under 18, 1,356 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 601 occupied houses, 599 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 32,250 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC164001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC164001 — 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). "L’lslet, St. Eugène, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-lslet-st-eug-ne-qc164001-1871/.