St. Jean, Town—Ville, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Jean, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,022. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.304°N, 73.262°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Jean, Town—Ville had a population of 3,022: 1,427 male and 1,595 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,022 |
| 1881 | 4,314 |
| 1891 | 4,722 |
| 1901 | 4,030 |
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, Town—Ville 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 3,022 total population, 1,595 females, 1,427 males, 963 married persons, 578 families, 482 married females, 481 married males, 147 widowed persons, 110 widowed females, 37 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,912 single persons under 18, 1,003 single females under 18, 909 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 506 inhabited houses, 506 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,066 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Futvoye | 1808–1891 | died here |
| Edward C. MacDonald | 1810–1889 | died here |
| Félix Poutré | 1814–1885 | born here |
| Louis Molleur | 1828–1904 | died here |
| Félix-Gabriel Marchand | 1832–1900 | born here |
| Élodie Paradis | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1840–1894 | born here |
| Israël Landry | 1843–1910 | born here |
| Hartley Dewart | 1861–1924 | born here |
| Joséphine Marchand | 1861–1925 | born here |
| Élodie Mailloux | 1865–1937 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC117005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC191004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141977
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-town-ville-qc117005-1871/.