Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1911 census)

Montmagny, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,617. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.

Population

In 1911, Montmagny, T-V had a population of 2,617: 1,255 male and 1,362 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Montmagny, T-V, 1921 (76.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Montmagny, T-V shared boundaries with:

• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,617 total population, 1,362 females in the population, 1,255 males in the population, 813 single (never-married) females, 741 single (never-married) males, 513 families, 444 married males, 432 married females, 66 widowed females, 50 females with marital status not given, 35 males with marital status not given, 34 widowed males, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated females. 1,919 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 2,568 persons of French origin, 15 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 10 persons of British origin (English), 8 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of German origin. 3 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 2,590 Roman Catholics, 9 Anglicans (Church of England), 9 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 Presbyterians, 3 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 487 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC177012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074014_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141946
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-t-v-qc177012-1911/.