Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 5,880. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q952269. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.422°N, 71.073°W.
Population
In 1911, Chicoutimi, Town—Ville had a population of 5,880: 2,805 male and 3,075 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,935 |
| 1891 | 2,277 |
| 1901 | 3,826 |
| 1911 | 5,880 |
| 1921 | 8,937 |
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, Chicoutimi, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 5,880 total population, 3,075 females in the population, 2,805 males in the population, 2,024 single (never-married) females, 1,754 single (never-married) males, 992 families, 989 married males, 960 married females, 91 widowed females, 61 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 3,826 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 5,819 persons of French origin, 22 persons of British origin (English), 6 persons of British origin (Irish), 5 persons of Italian origin, 3 persons of Belgian origin, 3 persons of Chinese origin, 2 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 2 persons of Scandinavian origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 5,850 Roman Catholics, 19 Anglicans (Church of England), 14 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 4 Presbyterians, 3 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 806 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Françoise Simard | 1851–1937 | died here |
| E. (Elzéar) DeLamarre | 1854–1925 | died here |
| Joseph-Dominique Guay | 1866–1925 | born and died here |
| Georges Vézina | 1887–1926 | born and died here |
| Michel-Thomas Labrecque | d. 1932 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC154040— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC050018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q952269
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoutimi
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoutimi
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). "Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chicoutimi-town-ville-qc154040-1911/.