Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier, Quebec (1911 census)
Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 37,000. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.527°N, 73.603°W.
Population
In 1911, Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier had a population of 37,000: 18,373 male and 18,627 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,537 |
| 1891 | 3,537 |
| 1901 | 10,933 |
| 1911 | 37,000 |
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 Montréal, C, 1921 (2.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 37,000 total population, 18,627 females in the population, 18,373 males in the population, 10,708 single (never-married) males, 10,554 single (never-married) females, 8,133 families, 7,288 married males, 7,162 married females, 881 widowed females, 356 widowed males, 19 females with marital status not given, 12 males with marital status not given, 10 legally separated females, 9 legally separated males, 1 divorced females. 10,933 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 21,146 persons of French origin, 7,834 persons of British origin (English), 2,617 persons of British origin (Irish), 2,090 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1,061 persons of Italian origin, 206 persons of German origin, 87 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 81 persons of Scandinavian origin, 78 persons of Chinese origin, 50 persons of Belgian origin, 37 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 33 persons of Polish origin, 30 persons of Greek origin, 23 persons of British origin (other), 23 persons of Russian origin, 22 persons of Swiss origin, 8 persons of Dutch origin. 1,211 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 16 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. 6 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious., 1 persons of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 25,447 Roman Catholics, 4,608 Anglicans (Church of England), 3,073 Presbyterians, 1,546 Methodists, 1,204 Jews, 379 Baptists, 339 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 190 Congregationalists, 179 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 121 Lutherans, 102 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 48 Brethren, 23 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 20 Salvation Army adherents, 17 Adventists, 6 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 5 Disciples of Christ, 1 Friends (Quakers). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 7,942 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC172004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC172004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-laurier-ward-quartier-qc172004-1911/.