St. Ephrem, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Ephrem was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,392. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.679°N, 72.678°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Ephrem had a population of 1,392: 713 male and 679 female residents. Population density was 44.4 people per square mile.
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. Ephrem d’Upton, Village, 1881 (4.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Ephrem shared boundaries with:
- St. André
- St. Germain de Grantham
- St. Hugues
- St. Liboire
- St. Théodore d'Acton
- St. Valérien
- Ste. Hélène
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 225 |
| Number of females | 679 |
| Number of males | 713 |
| Number of married females | 221 |
| Number of married males | 226 |
| Number of married persons | 447 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 28 |
| Total population | 1,392 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 442 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 475 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 917 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 211 |
| Number of occupied houses | 211 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 34 |
Agriculture (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 293 |
| BWT BU | 1,064 |
| CRN BU | 714 |
| HAY AC | 741 |
| HAY TONS | 746 |
| OAT BU | 13,011 |
| PEA BU | 1,843 |
| POT AC | 122 |
| POT BU | 17,614 |
| RYE BU | 304 |
| Total area (acres) | 23,680 |
| WHT SP BU | 878 |
| WHT WTR BU | 3 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 104 |
| AREA | 23,680 |
| BEING BUILT | 6 |
| BEN BU | 44 |
| CD | 122 |
| CSD | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 225 |
| FEMALE | 679 |
| GRA BU | 45 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 211 |
| INHABITED | 211 |
| MALE | 713 |
| MARRIED F | 221 |
| MARRIED M | 226 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 447 |
| POPULATION | 1,392 |
| ROOT BU | 354 |
| SINGLE F | 442 |
| SINGLE M | 475 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 917 |
| TUR BU | 7 |
| UNINHABITED | 34 |
| WIDOWED F | 16 |
| WIDOWED M | 12 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 28 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC122008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC122008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Ephrem, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ephrem-qc122008-1871/.