St. Grégoire, Quebec (1871 census)

St. Grégoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,342. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912263. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.332°N, 73.148°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Grégoire had a population of 2,342: 1,185 male and 1,157 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Grégoire shared boundaries with:

• Richelieu, Village
• St. Alexandre
• St. Athanase
• Ste. Angèle
• Ste. Brigitte
• Ste. Marie

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,342 total population, 1,185 males, 1,157 females, 750 married persons, 413 families, 377 married males, 373 married females, 63 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 26 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,529 single persons under 18, 782 single males under 18, 747 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 346 inhabited houses, 346 occupied houses, 56 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 18,560 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC124004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC124004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912263

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. Grégoire, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gr-goire-qc124004-1871/.