Dorion, Quebec (1921 census)

Dorion was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 387. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243054. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.092°N, 76.236°W.

Population

In 1921, Dorion had a population of 387: 212 male and 175 female residents.

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 Dorion, 1911 (47.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Dorion shared boundaries with:

• Alleyn
• Bouchette
• Church
• NO DATA
• Wright

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 8 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 387 total population, 212 males born in Canada, 212 males in the population, 175 females born in Canada, 175 females in the population. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 380 persons of French origin, 7 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 387 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC079012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243054

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). "Dorion, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/dorion-qc079012-1921/.