Dorchester, Quebec

Dorchester was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1851–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q2991219.

Population trajectory across census years

Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.

Constituent Census Subdivisions by year

1851 census

• Cranbourne (pop 284)
• Frampton wd (pop 1,993)
• Jersey (pop 109)
• Linière wd (pop 294)
• Marlow (pop 23)
• Notre Dame de la Victoire (pop 4,415)
• Rixborough (pop 9)
• St. Anselme wd (pop 3,022)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,448)
• St. Elzéar wd (pop 2,365)
• St. François (pop 2,874)
• St. Frédéric wd (pop 934)
• St. George wd (pop 1,394)
• St. Henri wd (pop 3,069)
• St. Isidore (pop 2,163)
• St. Jean Chrysostôme wd (pop 2,869)
• St. Joseph la Beauce wd (pop 2,565)
• St. Joseph, Pointe Lévi wd (pop 1,535)
• St. Lambert wd (pop 902)
• St. Nicolas wd (pop 2,719)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 2,464)
• Ste. Marguerite wd (pop 2,392)
• Ste. Marie wd (pop 3,263)

1861 census

• Buckland (pop 406)
• Cranbourne (pop 416)
• Frampton wd (pop 2,568)
• St. Anselme wd (pop 2,623)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,792)
• St. Isidore (pop 2,563)
• Standon (pop 429)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 2,446)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,103)
• Ste. Marguerite (pop 1,824)
• Ware (pop 25)

1881 census

• Buckland W-O (pop 541)
• Cranbourne (pop 859)
• St. Anselme wd (pop 2,206)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,731)
• St. Edouard (pop 1,836)
• St. Isidore (pop 2,139)
• St. Léon de Standon wd (pop 1,329)
• St. Malachie wd (pop 1,278)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 2,132)
• Ste. Germaine, lac Etchemin (pop 1,089)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,169)
• Ste. Justine de Langevin wd (pop 571)
• Ste. Marguerite wd (pop 1,518)
• Watford, Metgermette (pop 312)

1891 census

• St. Anselme wd (pop 2,002)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,582)
• St. Edouard de Frampton wd (pop 1,653)
• St. Isidore (pop 2,046)
• St. Léon de Standon wd (pop 1,602)
• St. Malachie wd (pop 1,482)
• St. Odilon de Cranbourne wd (pop 997)
• St. Prosper (Watford W-O) (pop 674)
• St. Zacharie de Metgermette (pop 653)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 1,824)
• Ste. Germaine d'Etchemin (pop 1,278)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,049)
• Ste. Justine (pop 609)
• Ste. Marguerite wd (pop 1,260)
• Ste. Rose de Watford wd (pop 306)

1901 census

• St. Anselme wd (pop 2,049)
• St. Benjamin wd (pop 403)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,436)
• St. Edouard de Frampton wd (pop 1,935)
• St. Isidore wd (pop 1,766)
• St. Léon de Standon wd (pop 1,674)
• St. Malachie wd (pop 1,372)
• St. Odilon de Cranbourne wd (pop 1,300)
• St. Prosper, (mission) (pop 958)
• St. Zacharie de Metgermette (pop 1,066)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 1,758)
• Ste. Germaine d'Etchemin (pop 1,587)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,075)
• Ste. Justine (pop 959)
• Ste. Marguerite wd (pop 1,088)
• Ste. Rose de Watford wd (pop 581)

1911 census

• St. Anselme wd (pop 2,080)
• St. Benjamin wd (pop 712)
• St. Bernard wd
• St. Edouard de Frampton wd (pop 1,937)
• St. Isidore wd
• St. Louis de Gonzague wd
• St. Léon de Standon wd (pop 1,530)
• St. Malachie wd
• St. Nazaire wd (pop 452)
• St. Odilon de Cranbourne wd (pop 1,541)
• St. Prosper (Mission)
• St. Zacharie de Metgermette (pop 1,399)
• Ste. Aurélie (pop 341)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 1,899)
• Ste. Germaine d'Etchemin (pop 2,126)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,113)
• Ste. Justine (pop 1,542)
• Ste. Marguerite wd
• Ste. Rose de Watford wd (pop 943)

1921 census

• St. Anselme wd (pop 1,415)
• St. Anselme, VL wd (pop 400)
• St. Benjamin wd (pop 981)
• St. Bernard wd (pop 1,482)
• St. Cyprien wd (pop 444)
• St. Edouard de Frampton wd (pop 1,980)
• St. Isidore wd (pop 1,931)
• St. Louis de Gonzague wd (pop 496)
• St. Luc de Dijon wd (pop 491)
• St. Léon de Standon wd (pop 1,618)
• St. Malachie wd (pop 1,525)
• St. Maxime de Scott wd (pop 790)
• St. Nazaire wd (pop 484)
• St. Odilon de Cranbourne wd (pop 1,426)
• St. Prosper (Watford W.-O.) wd (pop 2,022)
• Ste. Claire wd (pop 1,945)
• Ste. Germaine d'Etchemin (pop 2,312)
• Ste. Hénédine wd (pop 1,129)
• Ste. Justine de Langevin wd (pop 1,666)
• Ste. Marguerite wd (pop 1,101)
• Ste. Rose de Watford wd (pop 1,150)

Lineage

Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.

• Split into Beauce, Lévis in 1861.
• Split into Dorchester East, Dorchester West in 1871.
• Re-formed from Dorchester East, Dorchester West in 1881.

Identifiers

• HGIS Canada CD ID: CD_QC_Dorchester
• Wikidata: Q2991219
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Dorchester_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

Sources

Census Division boundaries derived from the Canadian Peoples / TCP 1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan). Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.