Stanfold, Quebec (1871 census)

Stanfold was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,953. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142516. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.194°N, 71.887°W.

Population

In 1871, Stanfold had a population of 1,953: 991 male and 962 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Stanfold, 1861 (88.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Stanfold shared boundaries with:

• Bulstrode
• Halifax N
• Princeville, Village
• Somerset S
• St. Jean
• St. Louis
• St. Norbert
• Victoriaville

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 1,953 total population, 991 males, 962 females, 569 married persons, 290 families, 287 married females, 282 married males, 31 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,353 single persons under 18, 696 single males under 18, 657 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 274 occupied houses, 270 inhabited houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 72,200 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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: QC137008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC153037 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142516
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville

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). "Stanfold, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/stanfold-qc137008-1871/.