St. Elzéar, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Elzéar was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,129. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462113. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.385°N, 71.067°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Elzéar had a population of 2,129: 1,078 male and 1,051 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,365 |
| 1861 | 2,305 |
| 1871 | 2,129 |
| 1881 | 1,500 |
| 1891 | 1,247 |
| 1901 | 1,235 |
| 1911 | 1,175 |
| 1921 | 1,128 |
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. Elzéar, 1881 (78.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Elzéar 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 | 342 |
| Number of females | 1,051 |
| Number of males | 1,078 |
| Number of married females | 352 |
| Number of married males | 354 |
| Number of married persons | 706 |
| Number of widowed females | 37 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 54 |
| Total population | 2,129 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 662 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 707 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,369 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 321 |
| Number of occupied houses | 321 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 5,175 |
| BWT BU | 3,195 |
| CRN BU | 127 |
| HAY AC | 4,815 |
| HAY TONS | 4,646 |
| OAT BU | 52,434 |
| PEA BU | 2,556 |
| POT AC | 219 |
| POT BU | 32,845 |
| RYE BU | 235 |
| Total area (acres) | 28,160 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,915 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 204 |
| AREA | 28,160 |
| BEING BUILT | 12 |
| BEN BU | 173 |
| CD | 158 |
| CSD | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 342 |
| FEMALE | 1,051 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 321 |
| INHABITED | 321 |
| MALE | 1,078 |
| MARRIED F | 352 |
| MARRIED M | 354 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 706 |
| POPULATION | 2,129 |
| ROOT BU | 39 |
| SINGLE F | 662 |
| SINGLE M | 707 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,369 |
| TUR BU | 219 |
| UNINHABITED | 12 |
| WIDOWED F | 37 |
| WIDOWED M | 17 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 54 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC158001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462113
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. Elzéar, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-elz-ar-qc158001-1871/.