St. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jean Baptiste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,953. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.517°N, 73.116°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jean Baptiste had a population of 1,953: 1,028 male and 925 female residents. Population density was 65.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,182 |
| 1861 | 2,106 |
| 1871 | 1,953 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, 1881 (89.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Jean Baptiste shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 363 |
| Number of females | 925 |
| Number of males | 1,028 |
| Number of married females | 317 |
| Number of married males | 329 |
| Number of married persons | 646 |
| Number of widowed females | 36 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 54 |
| Total population | 1,953 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 572 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 681 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,253 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 244 |
| Number of occupied houses | 244 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 30 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 14,241 |
| BWT BU | 1,173 |
| CRN BU | 2,270 |
| HAY AC | 3,092 |
| HAY TONS | 2,489 |
| OAT BU | 30,825 |
| PEA BU | 9,293 |
| POT AC | 106 |
| POT BU | 21,024 |
| Total area (acres) | 18,080 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,262 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 900 |
| AREA | 18,080 |
| BEING BUILT | 1 |
| BEN BU | 53 |
| CD | 123 |
| CSD | 4 |
| FAMILIES | 363 |
| FEMALE | 925 |
| GRA BU | 887 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 244 |
| INHABITED | 244 |
| MALE | 1,028 |
| MARRIED F | 317 |
| MARRIED M | 329 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 646 |
| POPULATION | 1,953 |
| ROOT BU | 574 |
| SINGLE F | 572 |
| SINGLE M | 681 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,253 |
| TUR BU | 1 |
| UNINHABITED | 30 |
| WIDOWED F | 36 |
| WIDOWED M | 18 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 54 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC123004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC123004— 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. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-baptiste-qc123004-1871/.