Pikanock, Quebec (1871 census)

Pikanock was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 425. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.936°N, 76.359°W.

Population

In 1871, Pikanock had a population of 425: 230 male and 195 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 contained Cawood, 1861 (21.7% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Huddersfield, 1861 (23.2% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Clapham, 1861 (27.8% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Stanhope, 1861 (27.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Alleyn & Cawood, 1881 (48.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Clapham, 1881 (51.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Pikanock shared boundaries with:

• Aylwin
• Leslie
• Low
• Mansfield, Pontefract
• NO DATA
• Onslow, Aldfield
• Thorne
• Wright

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 425 total population, 230 males, 195 females, 121 married persons, 76 families, 61 married females, 60 married males, 6 widowed persons, 4 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 298 single persons under 18, 168 single males under 18, 130 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 71 occupied houses, 67 inhabited houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 212,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC093008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093008 — 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). "Pikanock, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pikanock-qc093008-1871/.