Montreal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)
Montreal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 23,925. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.498°N, 73.578°W.
Population
In 1871, Montreal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier had a population of 23,925: 11,167 male and 12,758 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 23,925 |
| 1901 | 47,653 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Montréal, St. Antoine, Ward—Quartier, 1881 (90.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Montreal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Côte des Neiges
- Côteau St. Louis
- Montréal, Paroisse
- Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, Ste. Anne’s, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, West, Ward—Quartier
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 23,925 total population, 12,758 females, 11,167 males, 7,332 married persons, 4,215 families, 3,673 married males, 3,659 married females, 1,152 widowed persons, 907 widowed females, 245 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 15,441 single persons under 18, 8,192 single females under 18, 7,249 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 3,415 inhabited houses, 3,415 occupied houses, 132 houses under construction, 99 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,117 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC106002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175001— 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). "Montreal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montreal-st-antoine-ward-quartier-qc106002-1871/.