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Year: 1901  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q63244704

Westbury, Quebec (1901 census)

Westbury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,976. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.480°N, 71.656°W.

Population

In 1901, Westbury had a population of 1,976: 1,064 male and 912 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851115
1861297
1871363
1881510
1891973
19011,976
19112,708
1921662

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Westbury shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,976 total population, 1,064 males, 912 females, 676 single males, 535 single females, 377 families, 358 married males, 347 married females, 30 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 373 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 17,193 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 31 people connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

NameLifespanConnection
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau1824–1901born here
J. R. (John Rudolphus) Booth1827–1925born here
Ernest Gagnon1834–1915born here
Edwige Buisson1837–1902born here
Adolphe Rho1839–1905born here
Benjamin Sulte1841–1923born here
Napoléon Legendre1841–1907born here
Robert Atkinson Davis1841–1903born here
Frederick Smith Stimson1842–1912born here
Gustave Gagnon1842–1930born here
Clementina Trenholme1843–1918born here
Pierre-Léon Ayotte1845–1907born here
Urbain Lafontaine1845–1913born here
Augustin Desrosiers1847–1927born here
François-Xavier Cloutier1848–1934born here
Elliott Torrance Galt1850–1928born here
Elson Irving Rexford1851–1936born here
Ernest Marceau1852–1919born here
Francis McCrea1852–1926born here
Henry Thomas Duffy1852–1903born here
Eugène Lefebvre1854–1914born here
Jacques Bureau1860–1933born here
Wyatt Galt Johnston1862–1902born here
Gonzalve Desaulniers1863–1934born here
Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis1870–1937born here
Constant Doyon1875–1927born here
Oscar Dufresne1875–1936born here
Robert Pollock Glasgow1875–1922born here
Marie-Victorin1885–1944born here
Robert James Cromie1887–1936born here
Maurice le Noblet Duplessis1890–1959born here

Identifiers

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). "Westbury, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/westbury-qc150021-1901/.