St. Malachie, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Malachie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,106. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912546. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.498°N, 70.706°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Malachie had a population of 1,106: 560 male and 546 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 contained St. Malachie, 1881 (62.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Malachie 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 1,106 total population, 560 males, 546 females, 328 married persons, 179 families, 164 married females, 164 married males, 36 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 742 single persons under 18, 386 single males under 18, 356 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 176 inhabited houses, 176 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 17,640 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912546
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. Malachie, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-malachie-qc160003-1871/.