Plessisville, VL, Quebec (1871 census)

Plessisville, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q766671. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.220°N, 71.775°W.

Population

In 1871, Plessisville, VL had a population of 721: 348 male and 373 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Somerset, South and Augmentation, 1861 (2.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Plessisville, VL shared boundaries with:

• Somerset S

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 721 total population, 373 females, 348 males, 224 married persons, 129 families, 112 married females, 112 married males, 22 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 475 single persons under 18, 245 single females under 18, 230 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 122 inhabited houses, 122 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC156010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC071026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q766671
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessisville,_Quebec_(parish)
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessisville_(paroisse)

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). "Plessisville, VL, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/plessisville-vl-qc156010-1871/.