St. Wenseslas, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Wenseslas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 729. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.167°N, 72.311°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Wenseslas had a population of 729: 371 male and 358 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 729 |
| 1881 | 1,297 |
| 1891 | 1,909 |
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. Wenseslas 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 729 total population, 371 males, 358 females, 239 married persons, 133 families, 121 married males, 118 married females, 13 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 477 single persons under 18, 246 single males under 18, 231 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 108 occupied houses, 106 inhabited houses, 12 houses under construction, 12 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 23,840 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC135010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175020— 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. Wenseslas, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-wenseslas-qc135010-1871/.