Chatham, Quebec (1911 census)

Chatham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,576. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29305765. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.670°N, 74.442°W.

Population

In 1911, Chatham had a population of 3,576: 1,832 male and 1,744 female residents. Population density was 34.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Chatham shared boundaries with:

• Carillon, Village
• Gore
• Grenville
• Lachute, T-V
• St. Andrews
• St. Jerusalem
• Wentworth

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 66,686 area in acres, 3,576 total population, 1,832 males in the population, 1,744 females in the population, 1,117 single (never-married) males, 1,040 single (never-married) females, 739 families, 641 married males, 626 married females, 104.20 area in square miles, 70 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 34.34 population per square mile, 15 males with marital status not given, 8 females with marital status not given. 3,327 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,659 persons of French origin, 699 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 630 persons of British origin (Irish), 509 persons of British origin (English), 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 7 persons of German origin, 5 persons of Italian origin, 4 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 13 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,796 Roman Catholics, 699 Presbyterians, 469 Baptists, 274 Methodists, 247 Anglicans (Church of England), 28 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 27 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 25 Brethren, 13 Jews, 13 Lutherans, 9 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 722 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC142002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q29305765

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Chatham, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chatham-qc142002-1911/.