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Census Division: Chicoutimi & Saguenay | Province: Quebec | Years active: 1881–1911

Chicoutimi & Saguenay, Quebec

Chicoutimi & Saguenay was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1881–1911 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. Composite CD spanning Chicoutimi County (Q2991181) + Saguenay County; no single Wikidata entity

Population trajectory across census years

Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.

Year	Population	CSDs
1881	32,409	32
1891	38,281	39
1901	48,291	55
1911	61,870	70

Constituent Census Subdivisions by year

1881 census

Bagotville, Village wd (pop 508)
Bonne Espérance wd (pop 341)
Chicoutimi wd (pop 2,687)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,935)
Escoumains wd (pop 520)
Hébertville, VL wd (pop 2,501)
Isle of Anticosti wd (pop 676)
Laterrière (pop 1,320)
Manicouagan (pop 120)
Mille Vaches (pop 1,115)
Moisie (pop 241)
Mécatina wd (pop 410)
Natashkwan (pop 480)
Notre Dame du Lac (pop 1,186)
Pointe aux Esquimaux (pop 1,775)
Pointe des Monts (pop 243)
Péribonka wd (pop 322)
St. Alexis (pop 1,749)
St. Cyriac (pop 262)
St. Dominique (pop 1,511)
St. Fulgence wd (pop 845)
St. Félicien wd (pop 530)
St. Gédéon wd (pop 654)
St. Jean (pop 653)
St. Joseph d'Alma, VL (pop 710)
St. Jérôme (pop 1,803)
St. Louis (pop 1,067)
St. Prime, par. wd (pop 956)
Ste. Anne, VL wd (pop 1,260)
Tadoussac, VL wd (pop 1,542)
Unorganized Territory (pop 1,416)
Verdun, Village wd (pop 1,071)

1891 census

Bonne Espérance wd (pop 351)
Bourget & St. Charles (pop 423)
Chicoutimi wd (pop 2,071)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville wd (pop 2,277)
Escoumains wd (pop 667)
Harvey, St. Germain, Durocher & Labrosse (pop 189)
Hébertville pr wd (pop 1,887)
Hébertville, VL wd (pop 509)
Indian Reserve, I R (pop 434)
Isle of Anticosti wd (pop 253)
Laterrière (pop 1,006)
Manicouagan (pop 128)
Mille Vaches (pop 1,105)
Moisie (pop 269)
Mécatina wd (pop 341)
Natashkwan (pop 365)
Normandin, Albanel & Parent (pop 587)
Pointe aux Esquimaux (pop 1,751)
Pointe des Monts (pop 498)
Racine, Dalmas, Taillon & Delisle (pop 535)
Roberval & Charlevoix (pop 1,040)
Roberval, Village wd (pop 783)
St. Alexis (pop 1,689)
St. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village (pop 1,470)
St. Bruno, VL wd (pop 564)
St. Cyriac (pop 435)
St. Dominique (pop 1,477)
St. Fulgence wd (pop 777)
St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin (pop 988)
St. Gédéon wd (pop 966)
St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c. (pop 1,124)
St. Jean (pop 761)
St. Joseph d'Alma, VL (pop 1,031)
St. Jérôme (pop 1,835)
St. Louis de Metabetchouan (pop 1,155)
St. Prime, par. wd (pop 1,050)
Ste. Anne, VL wd (pop 1,663)
Tadoussac, VL wd (pop 2,440)
Unorganized Territory (pop 1,387)

1901 census

Albanel wd (pop 335)
Albert (Sacré-Coeur) (pop 581)
Bagotville, par. (St. Alphonse) (pop 652)
Bagotville, T-V wd (pop 507)
Bergeronnes wd (pop 654)
Bersimis (pop 501)
Bonne Espérance wd (pop 903)
Bourget & St. Charles (pop 634)
Chicoutimi wd (pop 1,970)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville wd (pop 3,826)
Escoumains wd (pop 490)
Grande Baie, St. Alexis, Otis, Hébert, Ferland & Simon (pop 1,628)
Hébertville pr wd (pop 2,023)
Hébertville, VL wd (pop 537)
Indian Reserve, I R (pop 628)
Isle of Anticosti wd (pop 442)
Kénogami & St. Cyriac (pop 642)
Laterrière (pop 895)
Manicouagan (pop 311)
Moisie (pop 1,369)
Mécatina wd (pop 213)
Natashkwan (pop 804)
Normandin & Girard (pop 930)
Notre Dame de la Dorée, par. wd (pop 202)
Pointe aux Esquimaux (pop 1,818)
Pointe des Monts (pop 529)
Portneuf & Laval (pop 247)
Roberval & Charlevoix (pop 1,345)
Roberval, Village wd (pop 1,248)
Sacré-Coeur de Marie pr (pop 880)
Saguenay & Dumas (St. Etienne) (pop 800)
Simard (pop 1,034)
St. Bruno, VL wd (pop 1,025)
St. Dominique (pop 1,630)
St. François de Sales wd (pop 646)
St. Fulgence, St. Germain, Champigny & Labrosse (pop 981)
St. Félicien, par. wd (pop 1,386)
St. Gédéon wd (pop 1,155)
St. Henri de Taillon pr (pop 303)
St. Jean (pop 726)
St. Joseph d'Alma, VL (pop 1,305)
St. Jérôme (pop 1,579)
St. Jérôme, VL wd (pop 498)
St. Louis de Métabetchouan & St. Hilaire (pop 1,640)
St. Louis Nazaire (Taché tp.—ct.) (pop 186)
St. Michel de Mistassini, Dolbeau, Racine & Dalmas (pop 916)
St. Méthode wd (pop 437)
St. Paul de Mille Vaches wd (pop 616)
St. Prime, par. wd (pop 1,230)
St. Thomas d'Aquin, par. wd (pop 536)
Ste. Anne, VL wd (pop 516)
Tadoussac, par. wd (pop 259)
Tadoussac, VL wd (pop 511)
Tremblay & Falardeau (pop 584)
Unorg. territory—Ter. non-organisé (pop 48)

1911 census

Albanel wd (pop 778)
Anse St. Jean pr. & Dumas tp. (pop 1,079)
Bagotville, par. (St. Alphonse) (pop 680)
Bagotville, T-V wd (pop 1,011)
Bergeronnes wd (pop 797)
Bersimis (pop 721)
Bonne Espérance wd (pop 580)
Canton Natashkuan wd (pop 400)
Chicoutimi wd (pop 2,321)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville wd (pop 5,880)
Escoumains wd (pop 949)
Girard tp.-ct. wd (pop 132)
Grande Baie vl wd (pop 1,355)
Hébertville pr wd (pop 1,688)
Hébertville Stn, VL wd (pop 737)
Hébertville, VL wd (pop 655)
Indian Reserve, I R (pop 627)
Isle of Anticosti wd (pop 461)
Jonquière, T-V wd (pop 2,354)
Kénogami (St. Cyriac) wd (pop 577)
Laterrière pr. & Simon tp. (pop 936)
Magpie, Moisie-Mingan (pop 1,600)
Moisie vl (pop 351)
Mécatina wd
NO DATA
Normandin (St. Cyrille, par.) wd (pop 1,528)
Notre Dame de la Dorée, par. wd (pop 607)
Piastre Baie (pop 253)
Pointe aux Esquimaux (pop 838)
Pointe des Monts (pop 1,205)
Péribonka (St. Edouard) wd (pop 462)
Roberval, par. (Charlevoix, Roberval, Ouiatchouan tps.-cts.) wd (pop 1,170)
Roberval, Village wd (pop 1,737)
Sacré Cœur de Jésus & Labrosse tp.-ct. wd (pop 810)
Sacré-Coeur de Marie pr (pop 1,445)
Sept Iles vl wd (pop 612)
St. Alexis de la Grande Baie, par. (Boileau & Ferland tp.—ct.) wd (pop 598)
St. Ambroise pr (pop 606)
St. Amédée de Péribonka & Ste. Jeanne d'Arc (pop 401)
St. André, par. wd (pop 484)
St. Bruno, par. (Kénogami pt.) wd (pop 932)
St. Bruno, VL wd
St. Charles Borromée (Bourget) wd (pop 481)
St. Charles Borromée (Kénogami pt.) wd (pop 143)
St. Dominique de Jonquières pr (pop 1,078)
St. Firmin & Saguenay tp.-ct. (pop 285)
St. François de Sales wd
St. Fulgence, par. wd (pop 941)
St. Félicien, par. wd (pop 1,346)
St. Félicien, VL wd (pop 581)
St. Félix d'Otis (Monmigny) wd (pop 355)
St. Gédéon wd (pop 1,309)
St. Henri de Taillon pr (pop 626)
St. Honoré, par. wd (pop 434)
St. Joseph d'Alma, VL (pop 1,512)
St. Jérôme pr (pop 1,467)
St. Jérôme, VL wd (pop 719)
St. Louis Metabetchouan (pop 1,608)
St. Louis Nazaire (Taché tp.—ct.) (pop 475)
St. Michel de Mistassini, par. wd (pop 763)
St. Méthode wd (pop 663)
St. Paul de Mille Vaches wd (pop 627)
St. Prime, par. wd (pop 1,515)
St. Thomas d'Aquin, par. wd (pop 775)
Ste. Anne de Portneuf wd (pop 614)
Ste. Anne pr (pop 1,414)
Ste. Anne, VL wd (pop 657)
Ste. Edwidge, par. (Dalmas tp.-ct.) (pop 331)
Tadoussac, par. wd (pop 183)
Tadoussac, VL wd (pop 611)

Lineage

Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.

Re-formed from Chicoutimi (1861–1871), Labrador, Saguenay (1851–1871) in 1881.
Merged into Saguenay (1921) in 1921.
Split into Chicoutimi (1921), Lac St. Jean in 1921.

Identifiers

HGIS Canada CD ID: CD_QC_Chicoutimi_&_Saguenay

Sources

Census Division boundaries derived from the Canadian Peoples / TCP 1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan). Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.