St. François, Quebec (1871 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,329. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462181. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.058°N, 72.857°W.
Population
In 1871, St. François had a population of 2,329: 1,140 male and 1,189 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,312 |
| 1871 | 2,329 |
| 1881 | 2,331 |
| 1891 | 2,255 |
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. François shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,329 total population, 1,189 females, 1,140 males, 758 married persons, 380 married males, 378 married females, 370 families, 71 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,500 single persons under 18, 764 single females under 18, 736 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 320 occupied houses, 318 inhabited houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 19,200 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC134003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462181
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
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. François, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc134003-1871/.