Beauport, Quebec (1921 census)

Beauport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,774. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.914°N, 71.218°W.

Population

In 1921, Beauport had a population of 2,774: 1,282 male and 1,492 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 Beauport, 1911 (81.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Beauport shared boundaries with:

• Beauport, VL
• Courville, T-V
• Giffard, VL
• Laval (Ste. Brigitte)
• Notre Dame des Laurentides
• Québec, C
• St. Charles de Charlesbourg E.
• St. Dunstan Lac Beauport
• St. Grégoire de Montmorency
• St. Jean de Bois Châtel, VL

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,774 total population, 1,492 females in the population, 1,491 females born in Canada, 1,282 males in the population, 1,271 males born in Canada, 9 males born outside the British Empire, 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 2,717 persons of French origin, 37 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Russian 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 2,760 Roman Catholics, 9 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Jews, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC081002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081002 — 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). "Beauport, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauport-qc081002-1921/.