St. Denis, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Denis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 980. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462069. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.495°N, 69.932°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Denis had a population of 980: 462 male and 518 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 980 |
| 1881 | 950 |
| 1891 | 909 |
| 1901 | 806 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Denis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 980 total population, 518 females, 462 males, 277 married persons, 161 families, 141 married males, 136 married females, 32 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 671 single persons under 18, 361 single females under 18, 310 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 135 inhabited houses, 135 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 10,560 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Édouard Quertier | 1796–1872 | died here |
| Jean-Baptiste Thibault | 1810–1879 | died here |
| Charles-Eusèbe Dionne | 1846–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC165005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC164007_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462069
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Denis-De_La_Bouteillerie
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Denis-De_La_Bouteillerie
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. Denis, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-denis-qc165005-1871/.