East Main, Quebec (1911 census)

Name: East Main (1911)
Address: Quebec, CA

East Main was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 160. The administrative centroid was at approximately 52.190°N, 78.235°W.

Population

In 1911, East Main had a population of 160: 82 male and 78 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 Unorganized Districts- Abitibi, Ashuanipi, Mistassini, 1901 (14.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, East Main shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 160 total population, 82 males in the population, 78 females in the population, 48 single (never-married) males, 43 single (never-married) females, 36 families, 30 married females, 30 married males, 5 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 8 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 147 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 156 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 33 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC20N002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC20N002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "East Main, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/east-main-qc20n002-1911/.