St. Jean Baptiste, Village, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jean Baptiste, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 4,408. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.523°N, 73.579°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jean Baptiste, Village had a population of 4,408: 2,172 male and 2,236 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,269 |
| 1871 | 4,408 |
| 1881 | 5,874 |
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. Jean Baptiste, Village shared boundaries with:
- Côte de la Visitation
- Côteau St. Louis
- Montréal, St. James', Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, Ste. Marie Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 4,408 total population, 2,236 females, 2,172 males, 1,587 married persons, 914 families, 794 married males, 793 married females, 164 widowed persons, 126 widowed females, 38 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,657 single persons under 18, 1,340 single males under 18, 1,317 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 772 inhabited houses, 772 occupied houses, 19 houses under construction, 19 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC107003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462497
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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, Village, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-baptiste-village-qc107003-1871/.