St. Donat, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Donat was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 819. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462098. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.424°N, 68.240°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Donat had a population of 819: 428 male and 391 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 819 |
| 1881 | 914 |
| 1891 | 760 |
| 1901 | 802 |
| 1911 | 922 |
| 1921 | 1,189 |
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. Donat, 1881 (26.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Donat 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 819 total population, 428 males, 391 females, 267 married persons, 141 families, 134 married females, 133 married males, 9 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 543 single persons under 18, 291 single males under 18, 252 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 117 inhabited houses, 117 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 431,200 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC167009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462098
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Donat,_Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Donat_(La_Mitis)
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. Donat, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-donat-qc167009-1871/.