Nelson, Quebec (1871 census)

Nelson was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,633. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28162211. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.377°N, 71.555°W.

Population

In 1871, Nelson had a population of 1,633: 832 male and 801 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Nelson, 1881 (20.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Anastasie, 1881 (74.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Nelson shared boundaries with:

• Inverness
• Leeds
• Somerset, N
• St. Edouard
• St. Flavien, VL
• Ste. Agathe
• Ste. Emélie

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 1,633 total population, 832 males, 801 females, 489 married persons, 271 families, 245 married males, 244 married females, 25 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,119 single persons under 18, 578 single males under 18, 541 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 250 inhabited houses, 250 occupied houses, 14 houses under construction, 11 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 55,400 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC156006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC071009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28162211
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_(canton)

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). "Nelson, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nelson-qc156006-1871/.