St. Andrews, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Andrews was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,222. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q111031682. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.576°N, 74.307°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Andrews had a population of 2,222: 1,062 male and 1,160 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,683 |
| 1871 | 2,222 |
| 1881 | 2,387 |
| 1891 | 1,702 |
| 1901 | 1,540 |
| 1911 | 1,482 |
| 1921 | 1,585 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Andrews shared boundaries with:
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 2,222 total population, 1,160 females, 1,062 males, 662 married persons, 393 families, 331 married females, 331 married males, 85 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,475 single persons under 18, 766 single females under 18, 709 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 367 inhabited houses, 367 occupied houses, 37 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 47,625 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | 1821–1893 | born here |
| B.J. (Bernard James) Harrington | 1848–1907 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC096005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q111031682
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-Est
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. Andrews, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andrews-qc096005-1871/.