Mégantic (1861–1921), Quebec

Mégantic (1861–1921) was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1861–1921 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 Q2991353.

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

1861 census

• Broughton (pop 1,689)
• Halifax N (pop 2,470)
• Halifax S (pop 2,353)
• Inverness wd (pop 2,481)
• Ireland (pop 990)
• Leeds wd (pop 2,550)
• Nelson wd (pop 1,078)
• Somerset, N (pop 1,398)
• Somerset, South and Augmentation (pop 2,598)
• Thetford wd (pop 282)

1871 census

• Halifax N (pop 2,245)
• Halifax S (pop 2,747)
• Inverness wd (pop 2,741)
• Ireland, Coleraine (pop 1,318)
• Leeds wd (pop 2,754)
• Nelson wd (pop 1,633)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 721)
• Somerset S (pop 1,682)
• Somerset, N (pop 1,946)
• Thetford wd (pop 1,092)

1881 census

• Halifax N (pop 1,895)
• Halifax S (pop 2,546)
• Inverness E (pop 2,026)
• Inverness W-O (pop 631)
• Ireland, Coleraine (pop 2,021)
• Leeds wd (pop 1,748)
• Nelson wd (pop 428)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 776)
• Somerset N (pop 1,674)
• Somerset S (pop 1,449)
• St. Pierre de Broughton wd (pop 1,671)
• Ste. Anastasie (pop 1,393)
• Thetford wd (pop 798)

1891 census

• Halifax N (pop 1,513)
• Halifax S (pop 2,235)
• Inverness wd (pop 1,700)
• Ireland N (pop 1,199)
• Ireland S & Coleraine (pop 953)
• Leeds wd (pop 1,795)
• Leeds E (pop 655)
• Nelson wd (pop 410)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 1,323)
• Somerset N (pop 1,628)
• Somerset S (pop 1,482)
• St. Pierre Baptiste wd (pop 901)
• Ste. Anastasie (pop 1,343)
• Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine (pop 3,414)
• Thetford N (pop 1,330)
• Thetford S (pop 352)

1901 census

• Bernierville (St. Ferdinand), Village wd (pop 721)
• Halifax, North—Nord (pop 1,312)
• Halifax, South—Sud (pop 1,595)
• Inverness wd (pop 1,542)
• Ireland, North—Nord (pop 1,227)
• Ireland, South—Sud (pop 1,061)
• Kingsville (Thetford Mines), Village wd (pop 3,256)
• Leeds wd (pop 1,435)
• Leeds, East—Est (pop 693)
• Nelson wd (pop 431)
• Notre-Dame de Lourdes wd (pop 487)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 1,586)
• Somerset, North—Nord (pop 1,420)
• Somerset, South—Sud (pop 993)
• St. Desiré (pop 1,316)
• St. Pierre Baptiste wd (pop 877)
• Ste. Anastasie (pop 1,464)
• Thetford, North—Nord (pop 1,605)
• Thetford, South—Sud (pop 600)

1911 census

• Bernierville, VL (pop 628)
• Black Lake, T-V (pop 2,645)
• Halifax N. (pop 1,141)
• Halifax S. (pop 1,480)
• Inverness wd (pop 1,385)
• Inverness, VL wd (pop 194)
• Ireland N. (pop 1,439)
• Ireland S. (pop 1,030)
• Laurierville, VL wd (pop 399)
• Leeds wd (pop 1,420)
• Leeds E. (pop 817)
• Nelson wd (pop 413)
• Notre Dame de Lourdes wd (pop 747)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 1,559)
• Robertsonville, VL wd (pop 603)
• Sacré-Coeur de Marie (pop 1,352)
• Somerset N. (pop 1,055)
• Somerset S. (pop 923)
• St. Antoine de Pontbriand wd (pop 941)
• St. Joseph de Coleraine wd (pop 611)
• St. Pierre Baptiste wd (pop 830)
• Ste. Anastasie (pop 1,914)
• Thetford Mines t-v wd (pop 7,261)
• Thetford S. (pop 527)

1921 census

• Amiante, VL (pop 386)
• Bernierville, VL (pop 751)
• Black Lake, T-V (pop 2,656)
• Halifax N. (pop 1,160)
• Halifax S. (pop 815)
• Halifax S. W.-O. (pop 563)
• Inverness wd (pop 1,359)
• Inverness, VL wd (pop 182)
• Ireland N. (pop 1,595)
• Ireland S. (pop 1,274)
• Laurierville, VL wd (pop 365)
• Leeds wd (pop 1,440)
• Leeds E. (pop 802)
• Lyster, VL wd (pop 596)
• Nelson wd (pop 349)
• Notre Dame de Lourdes wd (pop 773)
• Plessisville, VL wd (pop 2,032)
• Robertsonville, VL wd (pop 882)
• Somerset N. (pop 884)
• Somerset S. (pop 1,062)
• St. Antoine de Pontbriand wd (pop 1,064)
• St. Joseph de Coleraine wd (pop 1,002)
• St. Pierre Baptiste wd (pop 884)
• Ste. Anastasie de Nelson wd (pop 1,209)
• Thetford Mines, C wd (pop 7,886)
• Thetford S. (pop 476)
• Très Saint Cœur de Marie (pop 1,186)

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 off from Megantic in 1861.

Identifiers

• HGIS Canada CD ID: CD_QC_Mégantic
• Wikidata: Q2991353
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_M%C3%A9gantic

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.