Ste. Foy, Quebec (1871 census)
Ste. Foy was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,625. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.772°N, 71.310°W.
Population
In 1871, Ste. Foy had a population of 1,625: 764 male and 861 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,509 |
| 1871 | 1,625 |
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 Ste. Foye, 1881 (88.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Ste. Foy 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 1,625 total population, 861 females, 764 males, 478 married persons, 281 families, 240 married males, 238 married females, 51 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,096 single persons under 18, 589 single females under 18, 507 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 252 inhabited houses, 252 occupied houses, 23 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 8,710 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Georges-Honoré Simard | 1817–1873 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC144002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC144002— 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). "Ste. Foy, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-foy-qc144002-1871/.