Abitibi, Quebec (1911 census)

Abitibi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 910. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.572°N, 78.099°W.

Population

In 1911, Abitibi had a population of 910: 736 male and 174 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, 1901 (0.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Harricanaw Rivière, 1921 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Figuery, 1921 (49.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Amos, VL, 1921 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Dalquier, 1921 (48.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Abitibi shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 910 total population, 736 males in the population, 345 single (never-married) males, 198 married males, 174 females in the population, 172 males with marital status not given, 124 families, 92 single (never-married) females, 68 married females, 21 widowed males, 14 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 230 persons of Russian origin, 80 persons of French origin, 64 persons of Italian origin, 56 persons of Scandinavian origin, 55 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 39 persons of British origin (Irish), 27 persons of British origin (English), 9 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 7 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 4 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Polish origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin. 316 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 576 Roman Catholics, 173 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 59 Lutherans, 32 Presbyterians, 24 Anglicans (Church of England), 18 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 Methodists, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Baptists, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 122 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC20N001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC20N001 — 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/abitibi-qc20n001-1911/.