St. Césaire, Village, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Césaire, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 937. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.411°N, 73.008°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Césaire, Village had a population of 937: 472 male and 465 female residents. Population density was 2041.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 937 |
| 1881 | 1,103 |
| 1891 | 1,021 |
| 1901 | 865 |
| 1911 | 941 |
| 1921 | 985 |
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. Césaire and Convent, 1861 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Césaire, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 183 |
| Number of females | 465 |
| Number of males | 472 |
| Number of married females | 165 |
| Number of married males | 166 |
| Number of married persons | 331 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| Total population | 937 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 266 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 293 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 559 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 127 |
| Number of occupied houses | 127 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 971 |
| BWT BU | 109 |
| CRN BU | 420 |
| HAY AC | 214 |
| HAY TONS | 327 |
| OAT BU | 4,514 |
| PEA BU | 711 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 2,289 |
| Total area (acres) | 246 |
| WHT SP BU | 566 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 44 |
| AREA | 246 |
| BEING BUILT | 7 |
| BEN BU | 54 |
| CD | 123 |
| CSD | 9 |
| FAMILIES | 183 |
| FEMALE | 465 |
| GRA BU | 24 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 127 |
| INHABITED | 127 |
| MALE | 472 |
| MARRIED F | 165 |
| MARRIED M | 166 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 331 |
| POPULATION | 937 |
| ROOT BU | 1,179 |
| SINGLE F | 266 |
| SINGLE M | 293 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 559 |
| TUR BU | 35 |
| UNINHABITED | 8 |
| WIDOWED F | 34 |
| WIDOWED M | 13 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 47 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC123009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC085015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911984
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. Césaire, Village, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-saire-village-qc123009-1871/.