St. Pierre les Becquets, Quebec (1871 census)

St. Pierre les Becquets was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,942. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463195. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.425°N, 72.117°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Pierre les Becquets had a population of 2,942: 1,493 male and 1,449 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 contained St. Pierre les Becquets, 1881 (35.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Sophie de Lévrard, 1881 (64.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, St. Pierre les Becquets shared boundaries with:

• Gentilly, Blandford
• St. Jean
• St. Louis

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 2,942 total population, 1,493 males, 1,449 females, 910 married persons, 544 families, 456 married males, 454 married females, 96 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 39 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,936 single persons under 18, 998 single males under 18, 938 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 442 inhabited houses, 442 occupied houses, 35 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 47,680 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC135008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463195
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets

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. Pierre les Becquets, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-les-becquets-qc135008-1871/.