St. Joseph, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,292. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462609. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.532°N, 74.004°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Joseph had a population of 1,292: 648 male and 644 female residents.
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 became part of St. Joseph, 1881 (74.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Joseph 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 1,292 total population, 648 males, 644 females, 397 married persons, 228 families, 199 married males, 198 married females, 45 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 850 single persons under 18, 439 single males under 18, 411 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 198 inhabited houses, 198 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 8,375 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC097003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462609
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
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. Joseph, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc097003-1871/.