St. Charles, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,176. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.648°N, 73.147°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Charles had a population of 1,176: 617 male and 559 female residents. Population density was 41.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,624 |
| 1861 | 1,341 |
| 1871 | 1,176 |
| 1881 | 1,043 |
| 1891 | 989 |
| 1901 | 931 |
| 1911 | 889 |
| 1921 | 773 |
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 St. Charles, 1881 (85.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Charles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 208 |
| Number of females | 559 |
| Number of males | 617 |
| Number of married females | 188 |
| Number of married males | 190 |
| Number of married persons | 378 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 22 |
| Number of widowed persons | 40 |
| Total population | 1,176 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 353 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 405 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 758 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 189 |
| Number of occupied houses | 189 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 29 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 12,310 |
| BWT BU | 3,516 |
| CRN BU | 1,302 |
| HAY AC | 1,201 |
| HAY TONS | 1,088 |
| OAT BU | 31,960 |
| PEA BU | 9,197 |
| POT AC | 98 |
| POT BU | 13,692 |
| RYE BU | 41 |
| Total area (acres) | 20,480 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,844 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 546 |
| AREA | 20,480 |
| BEN BU | 75 |
| CD | 121 |
| CSD | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 208 |
| FEMALE | 559 |
| GRA BU | 265 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 189 |
| INHABITED | 189 |
| MALE | 617 |
| MARRIED F | 188 |
| MARRIED M | 190 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 378 |
| POPULATION | 1,176 |
| ROOT BU | 591 |
| SINGLE F | 353 |
| SINGLE M | 405 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 758 |
| TUR BU | 12 |
| UNINHABITED | 29 |
| WIDOWED F | 18 |
| WIDOWED M | 22 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 40 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC121003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911987
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. Charles, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-qc121003-1871/.