Abitibi, Quebec (1921 census)

Abitibi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 250. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.667°N, 79.321°W.

Population

In 1921, Abitibi had a population of 250: 125 male and 125 female residents.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1911 (0.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Abitibi shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Palmarolle

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 250 total population, 125 females born in Canada, 125 females in the population, 125 males born in Canada, 125 males in the population. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of French origin. 246 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 248 Roman Catholics, 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC094050 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC094050 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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). "Abitibi, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/abitibi-qc094050-1921/.