St. Hilaire, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Hilaire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,208. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912275. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.558°N, 73.173°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Hilaire had a population of 1,208: 601 male and 607 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,520 |
| 1861 | 1,589 |
| 1871 | 1,208 |
| 1881 | 1,383 |
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. Hilaire shared boundaries with:
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 1,208 total population, 607 females, 601 males, 400 married persons, 227 families, 201 married females, 199 married males, 59 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 749 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 370 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 214 occupied houses, 213 inhabited houses, 39 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 11,840 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| T. E. Campbell | 1809–1872 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC123003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC063012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912275
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. Hilaire, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilaire-qc123003-1871/.