Lac Témiscouata, Quebec (1871 census)
Lac Témiscouata was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.573°N, 68.806°W.
Population
In 1871, Lac Témiscouata had a population of 1,791: 933 male and 858 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 Ste. Rose du Dégelé, 1881 (32.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Détour du Lac, 1881 (48.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Lac Témiscouata 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 1,791 total population, 933 males, 858 females, 532 married persons, 295 families, 266 married females, 266 married males, 35 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 14 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,224 single persons under 18, 646 single males under 18, 578 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 250 occupied houses, 248 inhabited houses, 16 houses under construction, 15 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 657,600 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC166015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC166015— 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). "Lac Témiscouata, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/lac-t-miscouata-qc166015-1871/.