St. Thomas, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.026°N, 73.331°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Thomas had a population of 1,843: 928 male and 915 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,019 |
| 1861 | 2,003 |
| 1871 | 1,843 |
| 1881 | 1,535 |
| 1891 | 2,068 |
| 1901 | 1,570 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Thomas shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,843 total population, 928 males, 915 females, 618 married persons, 335 families, 309 married females, 309 married males, 58 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,167 single persons under 18, 602 single males under 18, 565 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 334 inhabited houses, 334 occupied houses, 28 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 9,750 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC102007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC158014— 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. Thomas, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc102007-1871/.