Sauvages Betsiamites, Quebec (1871 census)
Sauvages Betsiamites was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 552. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.048°N, 68.681°W.
Population
In 1871, Sauvages Betsiamites had a population of 552: 261 male and 291 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 Sault au Cochon, Islets Jérémie and Bersimis, 1861 (30.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Unorganized Territory, 1881 (58.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Sauvages Betsiamites shared boundaries with:
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 552 total population, 291 females, 261 males, 226 married persons, 123 families, 113 married females, 113 married males, 31 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 295 single persons under 18, 150 single females under 18, 145 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 113 inhabited houses, 113 occupied houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC152010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC152010— 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). "Sauvages Betsiamites, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sauvages-betsiamites-qc152010-1871/.