Shefford, Quebec (1871 census)

Shefford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,542. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.383°N, 72.565°W.

Population

In 1871, Shefford had a population of 3,542: 1,813 male and 1,729 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Shefford, 1881 (86.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Shefford shared boundaries with:

• Bolton
• Brome
• Granby
• Roxton
• Ste. Cécile
• Stukely N
• Stukely S
• Waterloo, T-V

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 3,542 total population, 1,813 males, 1,729 females, 1,187 married persons, 622 families, 599 married males, 588 married females, 100 widowed persons, 65 widowed females, 35 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,255 single persons under 18, 1,179 single males under 18, 1,076 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 599 inhabited houses, 599 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 64,700 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC127005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC197010_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244599

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). "Shefford, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shefford-qc127005-1871/.