St. Barnabé, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Barnabé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,639. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.414°N, 72.876°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Barnabé had a population of 1,639: 828 male and 811 female residents. Population density was 46.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,490 |
| 1861 | 1,631 |
| 1871 | 1,639 |
| 1881 | 1,976 |
| 1891 | 2,014 |
| 1901 | 2,291 |
| 1911 | 2,501 |
| 1921 | 1,419 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Barnabé, 1861 (39.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Barnabé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 282 |
| Number of females | 811 |
| Number of males | 828 |
| Number of married females | 258 |
| Number of married males | 257 |
| Number of married persons | 515 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 26 |
| Total population | 1,639 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 539 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 559 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,098 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 248 |
| Number of occupied houses | 248 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 753 |
| BWT BU | 5,934 |
| CRN BU | 333 |
| HAY AC | 1,347 |
| HAY TONS | 1,063 |
| OAT BU | 63,340 |
| PEA BU | 6,606 |
| POT AC | 193 |
| POT BU | 22,225 |
| RYE BU | 445 |
| Total area (acres) | 33,108 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,224 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 506 |
| AREA | 33,108 |
| BEING BUILT | 1 |
| BEN BU | 30 |
| CD | 129 |
| CSD | 4 |
| FAMILIES | 282 |
| FEMALE | 811 |
| GRA BU | 49 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 248 |
| INHABITED | 248 |
| MALE | 828 |
| MARRIED F | 258 |
| MARRIED M | 257 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 515 |
| POPULATION | 1,639 |
| ROOT BU | 346 |
| SINGLE F | 539 |
| SINGLE M | 559 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,098 |
| TUR BU | 121 |
| UNINHABITED | 5 |
| WIDOWED F | 14 |
| WIDOWED M | 12 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 26 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC129004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC093004— 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. Barnabé, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barnab-qc129004-1871/.