St. Jérôme, Quebec (1871 census)

St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,480. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912399. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.792°N, 74.026°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Jérôme had a population of 2,480: 1,250 male and 1,230 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 St. Jérôme, 1861 (6.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jérôme, 1881 (86.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, St. Jérôme shared boundaries with:

• Mille Isles
• St. Canut
• St. Colomban
• St. Hypolite
• St. Janvier
• St. Jérôme, Village
• St. Sauveur
• Ste. Anne
• Ste. Scholastique
• Ste. Sophie

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 2,480 total population, 1,250 males, 1,230 females, 754 married persons, 429 families, 378 married males, 376 married females, 48 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,678 single persons under 18, 853 single males under 18, 825 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 391 inhabited houses, 391 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 31,940 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC099009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912399

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. Jérôme, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc099009-1871/.