Tewkesbury, Quebec (1871 census)

Tewkesbury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 300. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.176°N, 71.448°W.

Population

In 1871, Tewkesbury had a population of 300: 147 male and 153 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Edmond, 1861 (79.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Edmond de Stoneham, 1881 (79.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Tewkesbury shared boundaries with:

• Château Richer
• Laval, VL
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• St. Gabriel W-O
• Stoneham

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 300 total population, 153 females, 147 males, 81 married persons, 42 families, 41 married males, 40 married females, 4 widowed persons, 3 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 215 single persons under 18, 112 single females under 18, 103 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 42 inhabited houses, 42 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 207,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC144009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC144009 — 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). "Tewkesbury, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/tewkesbury-qc144009-1871/.