Year: 1871
| Province: Quebec
Montmagny, Village, Quebec (1871 census)
Montmagny, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,512. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.
Population
In 1871, Montmagny, Village had a population of 1,512: 708 male and 804 female residents. Population density was 1484.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of families | 316 |
| Number of females | 804 |
| Number of males | 708 |
| Number of married females | 222 |
| Number of married males | 220 |
| Number of married persons | 442 |
| Number of widowed females | 46 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 64 |
| Total population | 1,512 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 536 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 470 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,006 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 239 |
| Number of occupied houses | 239 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BAR BU | 778 |
| BWT BU | 125 |
| CRN BU | 67 |
| HAY AC | 269 |
| HAY TONS | 440 |
| OAT BU | 5,146 |
| PEA BU | 52 |
| POT AC | 33 |
| POT BU | 5,688 |
| RYE BU | 104 |
| WHT SP BU | 646 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| ACRES | 26 |
| BEING BUILT | 2 |
| BEN BU | 85 |
| CD | 163 |
| CSD | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 316 |
| FEMALE | 804 |
| GRA BU | 11 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 239 |
| INHABITED | 239 |
| MALE | 708 |
| MARRIED F | 222 |
| MARRIED M | 220 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 442 |
| POPULATION | 1,512 |
| ROOT BU | 1,171 |
| SINGLE F | 536 |
| SINGLE M | 470 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,006 |
| TUR BU | 1,903 |
| UNINHABITED | 3 |
| WIDOWED F | 46 |
| WIDOWED M | 18 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 64 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC163003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC074014_1851 — 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). "Montmagny, Village, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-village-qc163003-1871/.