St. Jérôme, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,858. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.794°N, 67.451°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jérôme had a population of 1,858: 986 male and 872 female residents. Population density was 19.8 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Jérôme shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 299 |
| Number of females | 872 |
| Number of males | 986 |
| Number of married females | 283 |
| Number of married males | 282 |
| Number of married persons | 565 |
| Number of widowed females | 21 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| Total population | 1,858 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 568 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 683 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,251 |
Buildings & housing (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 11 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 219 |
| Number of occupied houses | 221 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 9,958 |
| BWT BU | 108 |
| HAY AC | 1,404 |
| HAY TONS | 811 |
| OAT BU | 7,786 |
| PEA BU | 2,349 |
| POT AC | 232 |
| POT BU | 28,177 |
| RYE BU | 2,558 |
| Total area (acres) | 203,840 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,828 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 1,039 |
| AREA | 203,840 |
| BEING BUILT | 11 |
| BEN BU | 12 |
| CD | 168 |
| CSD | 7 |
| FAMILIES | 299 |
| FEMALE | 872 |
| GRA BU | 14 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 221 |
| INHABITED | 219 |
| MALE | 986 |
| MARRIED F | 283 |
| MARRIED M | 282 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 565 |
| POPULATION | 1,858 |
| ROOT BU | 256 |
| SHANTIES | 1 |
| SINGLE F | 568 |
| SINGLE M | 683 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,251 |
| TUR BU | 2,538 |
| UNINHABITED | 39 |
| VESSELS | 1 |
| WIDOWED F | 21 |
| WIDOWED M | 21 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC168007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC168007— 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. Jérôme, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc168007-1871/.