St. Jean, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,436. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462540. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.938°N, 70.909°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jean had a population of 1,436: 669 male and 767 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,281 |
| 1861 | 1,433 |
| 1871 | 1,436 |
| 1881 | 1,412 |
| 1891 | 1,277 |
| 1901 | 1,137 |
| 1911 | 940 |
| 1921 | 812 |
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 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 1,436 total population, 767 females, 669 males, 417 married persons, 236 families, 209 married females, 208 married males, 53 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 966 single persons under 18, 522 single females under 18, 444 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 194 occupied houses, 192 inhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 8,960 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F.-X. (François-Xavier) Toussaint | 1821–1895 | born here |
| François-Alexandre-Hubert La Rue | 1833–1881 | born here |
| Louis-Philippe Turcotte | 1842–1878 | born here |
| Joseph Contant | 1848–1938 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC148003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462540
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc148003-1871/.