Ste. Cécile, Quebec (1871 census)
Ste. Cécile was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,791. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q731223. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.485°N, 72.745°W.
Population
In 1871, Ste. Cécile had a population of 1,791: 893 male and 898 female residents.
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 Ste. Cécile de Milton, 1881 (82.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Ste. Cécile 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 1,791 total population, 898 females, 893 males, 635 married persons, 321 families, 318 married females, 317 married males, 30 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,126 single persons under 18, 564 single males under 18, 562 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 321 inhabited houses, 321 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 20,475 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC127003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC127003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q731223
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-C%C3%A9cile-de-Milton
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-C%C3%A9cile-de-Milton
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). "Ste. Cécile, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-c-cile-qc127003-1871/.