St. Gabriel, St. Damien, Quebec (1871 census)

St. Gabriel, St. Damien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.412°N, 73.556°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Gabriel, St. Damien had a population of 4,199: 2,130 male and 2,069 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained NO DATA, 1861 (62.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Gabriel de Brandon, 1881 (16.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Damien, 1881 (14.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, St. Gabriel, St. Damien shared boundaries with:

• Haut Mataouin
• NO DATA
• St. Barthélémy
• St. Cuthbert
• St. Didace
• St. Félix de Valois
• St. Jean
• St. Norbert
• Ste. Emilie, Tracy

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 4,199 total population, 2,130 males, 2,069 females, 1,285 married persons, 645 families, 644 married males, 641 married females, 84 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,830 single persons under 18, 1,453 single males under 18, 1,377 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 597 occupied houses, 595 inhabited houses, 53 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 147,520 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC103009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC103009 — 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. Gabriel, St. Damien, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-st-damien-qc103009-1871/.