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Province: Quebec  |  Years recorded: 1861–1921  |  Wikidata: Q112912399

St. Jérôme, Town—Ville, Quebec (1861–1921)

St. Jérôme, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in 7 censuses between 1861 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q112912399, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population grew substantially across the period (from 705 in 1861 to 5,491 in 1921).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

Population trajectory across census years

Census yearPopulationPage
1861705View 1861 detail →
18711,159View 1871 detail →
18812,032View 1881 detail →
18912,868View 1891 detail →
19013,619View 1901 detail →
19113,473View 1911 detail →
19215,491View 1921 detail →

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

NameLifespanConnection
Casimir-Amable Testard de Montigny1787–1863died here
Wilfrid-Bruno Nantel1855–1940died here

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.