Montréal, Paroisse, Quebec (1871 census)

Name: Montréal, Paroisse (1871)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montréal, Paroisse was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 11,405. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.467°N, 73.617°W.

Population

In 1871, Montréal, Paroisse had a population of 11,405: 5,720 male and 5,685 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Montréal, Parish, 1861 (60.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Côte St. Paul, 1881 (9.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Verdun, Village, 1881 (14.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Côte St. Paul, Village, 1881 (2.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained N.-Dame de Grâce, W-O, 1881 (54.7% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Henri, Town—Ville, 1881 (4.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Côte St. Antoine, Village, 1881 (9.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained St. Gabriel, Village, 1881 (4.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Cunégonde, City—Cité, 1881 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Montréal, Paroisse 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 11,405 total population, 5,720 males, 5,685 females, 3,886 married persons, 2,100 families, 1,953 married males, 1,933 married females, 350 widowed persons, 230 widowed females, 120 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 7,169 single persons under 18, 3,647 single males under 18, 3,522 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,404 inhabited houses, 1,404 occupied houses, 112 uninhabited houses, 102 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 14,400 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC107001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC107001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q340
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al

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). "Montréal, Paroisse, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-paroisse-qc107001-1871/.