Charlesbourg, VL, Quebec (1851–1921)

Charlesbourg, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1660491, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,063 in 1851 to 1,267 in 1921).

Historical lineage

Descendant places

• later split into St. Charles de Charlesbourg E. in 1921
• later split into St. Charles de Charlesbourg in 1921

Population trajectory across census years

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081021 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• 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 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.