Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1911 census)
Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,899. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.809°N, 71.221°W.
Population
In 1911, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier had a population of 3,899: 1,772 male and 2,127 female residents. Population density was 37854.4 people per square mile.
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).
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 Québec, C, 1921 (1.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Banlieue (Notre-Dame de Québec)
- Québec, Montcalm ward-quartier
- Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Jean ward-quartier
- Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 37,854.37 population per square mile, 3,899 total population, 2,127 females in the population, 1,772 males in the population, 1,287 single (never-married) females, 1,042 single (never-married) males, 828 families, 696 married males, 672 married females, 167 widowed females, 66 area in acres, 32 widowed males, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males, 1 males with marital status not given, 0.10 area in square miles. 3,915 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 2,646 persons of French origin, 694 persons of British origin (Irish), 419 persons of British origin (English), 74 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 14 persons of German origin, 7 persons of Chinese origin, 6 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 5 persons of Belgian origin, 4 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 1 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 of Japanese origin — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 3,333 Roman Catholics, 315 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 142 Anglicans (Church of England), 44 Presbyterians, 43 Methodists, 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 16 Baptists, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 679 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 23 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest Gagnon | 1834–1915 | died here |
| Eugène-Étienne Taché | 1836–1912 | died here |
| David Ouellet | 1844–1915 | died here |
| M.J. (Michael Joseph) Ahern | 1844–1914 | died here |
| Henri-Edmond Casgrain | 1846–1914 | died here |
| Philéas Gagnon | 1854–1915 | 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 |
| Georges Demeule | 1903–1918 | born here |
| Aurore Gagnon | 1909–1920 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC187002— 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 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). "Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-montcalm-centre-ward-quartier-qc187002-1911/.