St. François, Quebec (1871 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 552. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.000°N, 70.836°W.
Population
In 1871, St. François had a population of 552: 277 male and 275 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 521 |
| 1861 | 561 |
| 1871 | 552 |
| 1881 | 496 |
| 1891 | 508 |
| 1901 | 496 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 414 |
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 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 552 total population, 277 males, 275 females, 150 married persons, 80 families, 75 married females, 75 married males, 32 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 370 single persons under 18, 188 single males under 18, 182 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 79 inhabited houses, 79 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 5,760 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC148005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075007_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462178
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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-qc148005-1871/.