Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1901 census)

Name: Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier (1901)
Address: Quebec, CA

Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,915. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.809°N, 71.221°W.

Population

In 1901, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier had a population of 3,915: 1,731 male and 2,184 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	4,009
1881	3,718
1891	3,941
1901	3,915
1911	3,899

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,915 total population, 2,184 females, 1,731 males, 1,388 single females, 1,096 single males, 809 families, 592 married females, 583 married males, 204 widowed females, 52 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 727 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 66 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 42 people connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Augustin Côté	1818–1904	died here
Zéphirin Paquet	1818–1905	died here
Pierre Garneau	1823–1905	died here
Jean-Docile Brousseau	1825–1908	died here
Charles Baillairgé	1826–1906	died here
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin	1826–1906	died here
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	1829–1908	died here
Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy	1830–1903	died here
Ernest Gagnon	1834–1915	died here
Robert Brodie	1835–1905	died here
Siméon Le Sage	1835–1909	died here
Eugène-Étienne Taché	1836–1912	died here
Louis-Prudent Vallée	1837–1905	died here
Michele Rigali	1841–1910	died here
Napoléon Legendre	1841–1907	died here
David Ouellet	1844–1915	died here
M.J. (Michael Joseph) Ahern	1844–1914	died here
Henri-Edmond Casgrain	1846–1914	died here
Louis-Zéphirin Joncas	1846–1903	died here
Ambroise Lafrance	1847–1905	died here
Arthur Vallée	1848–1903	died here
George Stewart	1848–1906	died here
J.C.K. (Joseph Clovis Kemner) Laflamme	1849–1910	died here
Ernest Pacaud	1850–1904	died here
Jules-Paul Tardivel	1851–1905	died here
Philéas Gagnon	1854–1915	died here
Louis-Joseph Demers	1857–1905	died here
Édouard-Burroughs Garneau	1859–1911	died here
Arthur Simard	1867–1931	born here
Charles-Abraham Paquet	1868–1936	born here
Philippe-Jacques Paradis	1868–1933	born here
Sir David Watson	1869–1922	born here
François-Xavier-Jules Dorion	1870–1939	born here
Marie-Louise Marmette	1870–1928	born here
Arthur Rousseau	1871–1934	born here
François de Martigny	1871–1940	born here
Noulan Cauchon	1872–1935	born here
Marie Sirois	1878–1934	born here
Alexandre Fraser	1881–1932	born here
Joseph Sirois	1881–1941	born here
Arthur Vallée	1882–1939	born here
mère Marie Sainte-Cécile de Rome	1897–1929	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC182002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC187002 — 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 1901 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). "Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-montcalm-centre-ward-quartier-qc182002-1901/.