Waterloo, Quebec (1871 census)
Waterloo was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,240. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.344°N, 72.520°W.
Population
In 1871, Waterloo had a population of 1,240: 626 male and 614 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 Shefford, 1861 (2.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Waterloo shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 230 |
| Number of females | 614 |
| Number of males | 626 |
| Number of married females | 229 |
| Number of married males | 229 |
| Number of married persons | 458 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 35 |
| Total population | 1,240 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 363 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 384 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 747 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 208 |
| Number of occupied houses | 208 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 155 |
| BWT BU | 277 |
| CRN BU | 506 |
| HAY AC | 521 |
| HAY TONS | 554 |
| OAT BU | 3,323 |
| PEA BU | 41 |
| POT AC | 22 |
| POT BU | 8,941 |
| WHT SP BU | 217 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 9 |
| BEING BUILT | 2 |
| BEN BU | 23 |
| CD | 127 |
| CSD | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 230 |
| FEMALE | 614 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 208 |
| INHABITED | 208 |
| MALE | 626 |
| MARRIED F | 229 |
| MARRIED M | 229 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 458 |
| POPULATION | 1,240 |
| ROOT BU | 1,192 |
| SINGLE F | 363 |
| SINGLE M | 384 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 747 |
| TUR BU | 951 |
| UNINHABITED | 7 |
| WIDOWED F | 22 |
| WIDOWED M | 13 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 35 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC127006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC127006— 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). "Waterloo, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/waterloo-qc127006-1871/.