St. André Avelin, Petite Nation, Quebec (1871 census)
St. André Avelin, Petite Nation was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,872. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.759°N, 75.027°W.
Population
In 1871, St. André Avelin, Petite Nation had a population of 1,872: 989 male and 883 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 Petite Nation, 1861 (40.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. André Avelin, Petite Nation shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 365 |
| Number of females | 883 |
| Number of males | 989 |
| Number of married females | 316 |
| Number of married males | 317 |
| Number of married persons | 633 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 28 |
| Total population | 1,872 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 549 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 662 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,211 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 277 |
| Number of occupied houses | 277 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 33 |
Agriculture (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 923 |
| BWT BU | 493 |
| CRN BU | 763 |
| HAY AC | 1,762 |
| HAY TONS | 1,478 |
| OAT BU | 23,536 |
| PEA BU | 3,444 |
| POT AC | 199 |
| POT BU | 24,575 |
| RYE BU | 364 |
| Total area (acres) | 40,000 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,502 |
| WHT WTR BU | 20 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 363 |
| AREA | 40,000 |
| BEING BUILT | 6 |
| BEN BU | 36 |
| CD | 95 |
| CSD | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 365 |
| FEMALE | 883 |
| GRA BU | 95 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 277 |
| INHABITED | 277 |
| MALE | 989 |
| MARRIED F | 316 |
| MARRIED M | 317 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 633 |
| POPULATION | 1,872 |
| ROOT BU | 100 |
| SINGLE F | 549 |
| SINGLE M | 662 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,211 |
| TUR BU | 346 |
| UNINHABITED | 33 |
| WIDOWED F | 18 |
| WIDOWED M | 10 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 28 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC095006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095006— 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). "St. André Avelin, Petite Nation, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andr-avelin-petite-nation-qc095006-1871/.