Deschambault, Quebec (1901 census)

Deschambault was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,814. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q985593. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.669°N, 71.974°W.

Population

In 1901, Deschambault had a population of 1,814: 863 male and 951 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 Deschambault, 1891 (73.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Deschambault, 1911 (88.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Deschambault shared boundaries with:

• Grondines
• Portneuf, VL
• St. Alban
• St. Gilbert

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,814 total population, 951 females, 863 males, 630 single females, 563 single males, 330 families, 273 married females, 271 married males, 48 widowed females, 29 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 303 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 15,872 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC181003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186003_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q985593
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschambault-Grondines
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschambault-Grondines

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Deschambault, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/deschambault-qc181003-1901/.