Escoumains, Quebec (1901 census)

Escoumains was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 490. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3232468. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.434°N, 69.460°W.

Population

In 1901, Escoumains had a population of 490: 255 male and 235 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 Escoumains, 1891 (49.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Escoumains shared boundaries with:

• Bergeronnes pr
• Iberville
• NO DATA

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 490 total population, 255 males, 235 females, 175 single males, 151 single females, 93 families, 72 married males, 71 married females, 13 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 93 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 75,367 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC149043 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC086003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3232468
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Escoumins
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Escoumins

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). "Escoumains, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/escoumains-qc149043-1901/.