Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)

Name: Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier (1871)
Address: Quebec, CA

Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,727. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.816°N, 71.208°W.

Population

In 1871, Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,727: 1,868 male and 1,859 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier, 1881 (67.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier 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 3,727 total population, 1,868 males, 1,859 females, 1,252 married persons, 788 families, 627 married females, 625 married males, 179 widowed persons, 108 widowed females, 71 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,296 single persons under 18, 1,172 single males under 18, 1,124 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 353 occupied houses, 352 inhabited houses, 111 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 125 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC145001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC145001 — 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). "Québec, St. Pierre Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-pierre-ward-quartier-qc145001-1871/.