Notre Dame de Bonsecours, Quebec (1871 census)
Notre Dame de Bonsecours was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,253. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3344580. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.753°N, 74.861°W.
Population
In 1871, Notre Dame de Bonsecours had a population of 1,253: 655 male and 598 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 Petite Nation, 1861 (59.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Montebello, VL, 1881 (2.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Notre Dame de Bonsecours shared boundaries with:
- Grenville
- Harrington, Arundel, De Salaberry, Grandison
- Hartwell, Suffolk
- Rouge, N
- St. André Avelin, Petite Nation
- Ste. Angélique
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 1,253 total population, 655 males, 598 females, 367 married persons, 213 families, 185 married males, 182 married females, 27 widowed persons, 15 widowed males, 12 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 859 single persons under 18, 455 single males under 18, 404 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 213 inhabited houses, 213 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 89,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Joseph Papineau | 1786–1871 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC095005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3344580
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). "Notre Dame de Bonsecours, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-de-bonsecours-qc095005-1871/.