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Province: Quebec  |  Years recorded: 1851–1921  |  Wikidata: Q28345480

Durham, Quebec (1851–1921)

Durham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q28345480, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,208 in 1851 to 362 in 1921).

Population trajectory across census years

Census yearPopulationPage
18512,208View 1851 detail →
18613,152View 1861 detail →
1871729View 1871 detail →
1881700View 1881 detail →
1891543View 1891 detail →
1901454View 1901 detail →
1911336View 1911 detail →
1921362View 1921 detail →

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

NameLifespanConnection
Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion1826–1866died here
Éphrem-A. Brisebois1850–1890born here

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.