Mécatina, Quebec (1871 census)

Mécatina was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.756°N, 59.272°W.

Population

In 1871, Mécatina had a population of 280: 156 male and 124 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Bay of Kegasca, and other places, 1861 (31.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Mécatina shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 280 total population, 156 males, 124 females, 84 married persons, 59 families, 43 married males, 41 married females, 6 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 190 single persons under 18, 109 single males under 18, 81 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 50 inhabited houses, 50 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 4,064,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC152007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC149032 — 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). "Mécatina, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/m-catina-qc152007-1871/.