Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1921 census)

Charlesbourg, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,267. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1660491. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.855°N, 71.263°W.

Population

In 1921, Charlesbourg, VL had a population of 1,267: 607 male and 660 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 Charlesbourg, VL, 1911 (21.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Charlesbourg, VL shared boundaries with:

• Giffard, VL
• Québec, C
• St. Charles de Charlesbourg

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,267 total population, 660 females in the population, 657 females born in Canada, 607 males in the population, 604 males born in Canada, 2 females born outside the British Empire, 2 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,227 persons of French origin, 24 persons of British origin (Irish), 13 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,258 Roman Catholics, 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Presbyterians, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Brethren, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC081021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1660491
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg,_Quebec_City
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlesbourg

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). "Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/charlesbourg-vl-qc081021-1921/.