Mékinac, Quebec (1871 census)
Mékinac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 133. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.944°N, 72.756°W.
Population
In 1871, Mékinac had a population of 133: 67 male and 66 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 became part of Unorganized Territory, 1881 (25.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Mékinac shared boundaries with:
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 133 total population, 67 males, 66 females, 54 married persons, 27 married females, 27 married males, 25 families, 5 widowed persons, 3 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 74 single persons under 18, 38 single males under 18, 36 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 24 inhabited houses, 24 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 528,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC133007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC133007— 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). "Mékinac, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/m-kinac-qc133007-1871/.