St. Mathieu de Rioux, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Mathieu de Rioux was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 896. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.168°N, 68.964°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Mathieu de Rioux had a population of 896: 465 male and 431 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Simon, 1861 (58.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Mathieu de Rioux shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 896 total population, 465 males, 431 females, 268 married persons, 134 families, 134 married females, 134 married males, 17 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 611 single persons under 18, 328 single males under 18, 283 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 119 occupied houses, 118 inhabited houses, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 228,160 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC167002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC167002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Mathieu de Rioux, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathieu-de-rioux-qc167002-1871/.