Authier, Quebec (1921 census)

Authier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 317. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2872430. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.734°N, 78.808°W.

Population

In 1921, Authier had a population of 317: 188 male and 129 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 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Authier shared boundaries with:

• Languedoc
• Poularies
• Privat
• Royal Roussillon

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 317 total population, 188 males in the population, 177 males born in Canada, 129 females in the population, 121 females born in Canada, 10 males born outside the British Empire, 7 females born outside the British Empire, 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 310 persons of French origin, 5 persons of Finnish origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 304 Roman Catholics, 13 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC094001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC094001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2872430
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authier,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authier

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). "Authier, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/authier-qc094001-1921/.