Ascot, Quebec (1921 census)

Ascot was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,603. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.368°N, 71.849°W.

Population

In 1921, Ascot had a population of 2,603: 1,399 male and 1,204 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 Ascot, 1911 (83.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Ascot shared boundaries with:

• Ascot, T-V
• Brompton
• Compton
• Eaton
• Hatley
• Lennoxville, Village
• Rock Forest
• Sherbrooke, C
• Stoke
• Waterville, Village

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,603 total population, 1,399 males in the population, 1,221 males born in Canada, 1,204 females in the population, 1,048 females born in Canada, 128 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 102 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 54 females born outside the British Empire, 50 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,357 persons of French origin, 765 persons of British origin (English), 329 persons of British origin (Irish), 100 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 19 persons of Italian origin, 14 persons of Belgian origin, 5 persons of Scandinavian origin, 3 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of German origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,542 Roman Catholics, 507 Anglicans (Church of England), 328 Methodists, 125 Presbyterians, 43 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 17 Adventists, 13 Baptists, 12 Congregationalists, 8 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of Eastern religions, 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Jews, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC088001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC088001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242331

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). "Ascot, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ascot-qc088001-1921/.