Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton, Quebec (1871 census)

Name: Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton (1871)
Address: Quebec, CA

Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.374°N, 71.259°W.

Population

In 1871, Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton had a population of 924: 486 male and 438 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 Newport and Auckland, 1861 (81.2% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Chesham, 1881 (25.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Emberton, 1881 (8.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Newport, 1881 (33.0% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Ditton, 1881 (33.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 924 total population, 486 males, 438 females, 345 married persons, 183 families, 174 married males, 171 married females, 15 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 564 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 262 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 177 occupied houses, 175 inhabited houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 199,800 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC142006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC142006 — 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). "Newport, Ditton, Chesham, Clinton, Emberton, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-ditton-chesham-clinton-emberton-qc142006-1871/.