Hull, City—Cité, Quebec (1921 census)

Hull, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 24,117. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2995979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.437°N, 75.729°W.

Population

In 1921, Hull, City—Cité had a population of 24,117: 11,928 male and 12,189 female residents.

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 1921

In the 1921 census, Hull, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• Hull S.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 24,117 total population, 12,189 females in the population, 11,928 males in the population, 11,836 females born in Canada, 11,543 males born in Canada, 262 males born outside the British Empire, 212 females born outside the British Empire, 141 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 123 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 21,918 persons of French origin, 810 persons of British origin (English), 712 persons of British origin (Irish), 291 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 76 persons of Italian origin, 42 persons of German origin, 30 persons of Belgian origin, 30 persons of Syrian origin, 22 persons of Austrian origin, 21 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 17 persons of British origin (other), 17 persons of Polish origin, 17 persons of Scandinavian origin, 11 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of Greek origin, 8 persons of other European origin, 7 persons of Ukrainian origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin. 37 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 4 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). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 22,918 Roman Catholics, 469 Presbyterians, 436 Anglicans (Church of England), 88 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 41 Baptists, 37 Jews, 31 Methodists, 30 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 25 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 19 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 13 adherents of Eastern religions, 7 Lutherans, 3 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC057029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2995979
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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). "Hull, City—Cité, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hull-city-cit-qc057029-1921/.