St. Paschal, Quebec (1871 census)

St. Paschal was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,658. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142451. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.530°N, 69.782°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Paschal had a population of 2,658: 1,322 male and 1,336 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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. Paschal, Woodbridge & Painchaud, 1881 (11.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, St. Paschal shared boundaries with:

• Kamouraska
• Mont Carmel
• St. Philippe de Néri
• Ste. Hélène, Bungay, Chabot
• Woodbridge, Painchaud

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 2,658 total population, 1,336 females, 1,322 males, 816 married persons, 409 married males, 407 married females, 393 families, 66 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,776 single persons under 18, 888 single females under 18, 888 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 363 inhabited houses, 363 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 17,760 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC165010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC165010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142451
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pascal
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pascal

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. Paschal, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paschal-qc165010-1871/.