Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)

Fraserville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 6,774. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.838°N, 69.536°W.

Population

In 1911, Fraserville, Town—Ville had a population of 6,774: 3,334 male and 3,440 female residents. Population density was 903.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Fraserville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Rivière du Loup

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 6,774 total population, 4,800 area in acres, 3,440 females in the population, 3,334 males in the population, 2,154 single (never-married) females, 2,132 single (never-married) males, 1,211 families, 1,124 married males, 1,112 married females, 903.20 population per square mile, 157 widowed females, 63 widowed males, 15 males with marital status not given, 13 females with marital status not given, 7.50 area in square miles, 2 divorced females, 2 legally separated females. 4,569 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 6,464 persons of French origin, 108 persons of British origin (English), 65 persons of British origin (Irish), 29 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 4 persons of Chinese origin, 4 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 39 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 22 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 6,676 Roman Catholics, 32 Anglicans (Church of England), 32 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 29 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 22 Jews, 4 Methodists, 4 Presbyterians, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Baptists, 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,071 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC201023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142024
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fraserville-town-ville-qc201023-1911/.