Richelieu, Quebec (1871 census)
Richelieu was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.411°N, 73.228°W.
Population
In 1871, Richelieu had a population of 760: 364 male and 396 female residents. Population density was 63.0 people per square mile.
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 contained Richelieu (Village), N.-D. de Bonsecours, 1881 (93.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Richelieu shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 127 |
| Number of females | 396 |
| Number of males | 364 |
| Number of married females | 121 |
| Number of married males | 121 |
| Number of married persons | 242 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 19 |
| Total population | 760 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 264 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 235 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 499 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 114 |
| Number of occupied houses | 114 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 20 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 4,498 |
| BWT BU | 660 |
| CRN BU | 335 |
| HAY AC | 2,017 |
| HAY TONS | 1,674 |
| OAT BU | 23,321 |
| PEA BU | 6,737 |
| POT AC | 46 |
| POT BU | 5,617 |
| Total area (acres) | 9,920 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,298 |
Other recorded variables (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 276 |
| AREA | 9,920 |
| BEN BU | 11 |
| CD | 123 |
| CSD | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 127 |
| FEMALE | 396 |
| GRA BU | 230 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 114 |
| INHABITED | 114 |
| MALE | 364 |
| MARRIED F | 121 |
| MARRIED M | 121 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 242 |
| POPULATION | 760 |
| ROOT BU | 825 |
| SINGLE F | 264 |
| SINGLE M | 235 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 499 |
| UNINHABITED | 20 |
| WIDOWED F | 11 |
| WIDOWED M | 8 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 19 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC123001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC123001— 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). "Richelieu, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/richelieu-qc123001-1871/.