Nicolet, Quebec

Nicolet 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 Q2991363.

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

• Blandford (pop 392)
• Bécancour wd (pop 3,408)
• Gentilly wd (pop 2,498)
• Nicolet wd (pop 3,095)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 468)
• St. Grégoire (pop 3,449)
• St. Pierre wd (pop 2,675)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,105)
• Ste. Monique (pop 2,567)

1861 census

• Blandford (pop 198)
• Bécancour wd (pop 3,668)
• Gentilly wd (pop 2,866)
• Nicolet and Seminary (pop 2,856)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,355)
• St. Grégoire (pop 3,255)
• St. Pierre wd (pop 2,994)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,421)
• Ste. Monique (pop 2,950)

1871 census

• Bécancour wd (pop 2,629)
• Gentilly, Blandford (pop 2,884)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 421)
• Nicolet wd (pop 2,797)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,609)
• St. Grégoire (pop 2,619)
• St. Léonard (pop 747)
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 2,942)
• St. Wenseslas (pop 729)
• Ste. Angèle (pop 1,022)
• Ste. Brigitte (pop 548)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 261)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,552)
• Ste. Monique (pop 2,239)
• Ste. Perpétue wd (pop 263)

1881 census

• Bécancour wd (pop 2,325)
• Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford (pop 2,711)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 371)
• Nicolet, Town—Ville wd (pop 3,764)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,656)
• St. Grégoire (pop 2,164)
• St. Léonard (pop 1,349)
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 2,578)
• St. Wenseslas (pop 1,297)
• Ste. Angèle (pop 1,131)
• Ste. Brigitte (pop 784)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 825)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 2,030)
• Ste. Monique (pop 2,274)
• Ste. Perpétue wd (pop 465)
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard wd (pop 887)

1891 census

• Bécancour wd (pop 2,017)
• Gentilly wd (pop 2,486)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 382)
• Nicolet wd (pop 1,824)
• Nicolet, Town—Ville wd (pop 2,518)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,532)
• St. Grégoire (pop 1,843)
• St. Léonard (pop 1,734)
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 2,274)
• St. Samuel (pop 200)
• St. Sylvère wd (pop 839)
• St. Wenseslas (pop 1,909)
• Ste. Angèle de Laval wd (pop 1,136)
• Ste. Brigitte des Saults wd (pop 1,012)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 891)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,748)
• Ste. Marie de Blandford wd (pop 270)
• Ste. Monique (pop 2,171)
• Ste. Perpétue wd (pop 833)
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard wd (pop 1,116)

1901 census

• Annaville vl (pop 212)
• Bécancour wd (pop 1,992)
• Gentilly wd (pop 2,158)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 342)
• Nicolet wd (pop 1,318)
• Nicolet, Town—Ville wd (pop 2,225)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,320)
• St. Grégoire (pop 1,706)
• St. Léonard (pop 1,403)
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 1,847)
• St. Samuel (part) (pop 119)
• St. Sylvère wd (pop 1,036)
• St. Wenceslas wd (pop 1,626)
• Ste. Angèle de Laval wd (pop 1,051)
• Ste. Brigitte des Saults wd (pop 907)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 772)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,752)
• Ste. Marie de Blandford wd (pop 476)
• Ste. Monique (pop 1,974)
• Ste. Perpétue wd (pop 939)
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard wd (pop 1,415)

1911 census

• Annaville vl (pop 243)
• Bécancour wd (pop 1,167)
• Bécancour, VL wd (pop 311)
• Gentilly wd (pop 2,044)
• Gentilly, VL (pop 430)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 391)
• Laval, VL (pop 323)
• Manceau (pop 829)
• Nicolet wd (pop 1,108)
• Nicolet, T-V wd (pop 2,593)
• Précieux Sang (pop 598)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,380)
• St. Grégoire le Grand wd (pop 1,484)
• St. Léonard
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 2,007)
• St. Samuel de Horton wd (pop 574)
• St. Sylvère wd (pop 1,118)
• St. Wenceslas wd (pop 1,725)
• Ste. Angèle de Laval wd (pop 687)
• Ste. Brigitte des Saults wd (pop 1,142)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 1,228)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,474)
• Ste. Marie de Blandford wd (pop 781)
• Ste. Monique wd
• Ste. Perpétue wd
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard wd (pop 1,522)
• Villers vl (pop 330)

1921 census

• Annaville (St. Célestin), VL (pop 239)
• Bécancour wd (pop 1,095)
• Bécancour, VL wd (pop 262)
• Gentilly wd (pop 1,822)
• Gentilly, VL (pop 423)
• Indian reserves (pop 13)
• Larochelle, Village (pop 932)
• Laval, VL (pop 391)
• Nicolet (St. Jean Baptiste) wd (pop 1,077)
• Nicolet, T-V wd (pop 2,342)
• Précieux Sang (pop 588)
• St. Célestin wd (pop 1,135)
• St. Grégoire le Grand wd (pop 774)
• St. Joseph de Blandford wd (pop 1,115)
• St. Léonard d'Aston wd (pop 1,253)
• St. Léonard, VL wd (pop 529)
• St. Pierre les Becquets wd (pop 1,217)
• St. Raphaël d'Aston (pop 617)
• St. Samuel de Horton wd (pop 512)
• St. Sylvère wd (pop 1,073)
• St. Wenceslas wd (pop 1,515)
• Ste. Angèle de Laval wd (pop 759)
• Ste. Brigitte des Saults wd (pop 1,124)
• Ste. Cécile de Lévrard wd (pop 769)
• Ste. Eulalie wd (pop 1,092)
• Ste. Gertrude wd (pop 1,372)
• Ste. Marie de Blandford wd (pop 1,095)
• Ste. Monique wd (pop 1,420)
• Ste. Perpétue wd (pop 1,232)
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard wd (pop 1,578)
• Villers, VL (pop 330)

Identifiers

• HGIS Canada CD ID: CD_QC_Nicolet
• Wikidata: Q2991363
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Nicolet

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.