Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe, Quebec (1871 census)

Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.962°N, 74.452°W.

Population

In 1871, Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe had a population of 656: 331 male and 325 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 contained Montcalm, 1861 (22.9% share).
• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Wentworth, 1861 (42.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Wentworth & Montcalm, 1881 (65.2% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Wolfe, 1881 (34.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe shared boundaries with:

• Chatham
• Gore
• Grenville
• Harrington, Arundel, De Salaberry, Grandison
• Howard, Morin, W-O
• Mille Isles
• NO DATA
• Ste. Agathe des Monts

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 656 total population, 331 males, 325 females, 219 married persons, 118 families, 111 married males, 108 married females, 15 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 422 single persons under 18, 215 single males under 18, 207 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 114 occupied houses, 83 inhabited houses, 31 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 7 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 162,100 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC096004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096004 — 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). "Wentworth, Montcalm, Wolfe, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wentworth-montcalm-wolfe-qc096004-1871/.