Garthby, Quebec (1911 census)

Garthby was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 474. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.842°N, 71.431°W.

Population

In 1911, Garthby had a population of 474: 259 male and 215 female residents. Population density was 11.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Garthby shared boundaries with:

• Beaulac, VL
• D'Israeli
• Ham N.
• Lake Weedon, VL
• St. Jacques
• St. Joseph de Ham S.
• Stratford

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 26,378 area in acres, 474 total population, 259 males in the population, 215 females in the population, 170 single (never-married) males, 132 single (never-married) females, 91 families, 81 married males, 75 married females, 41.22 area in square miles, 11.50 population per square mile, 8 widowed females, 8 widowed males. 527 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 473 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 469 Roman Catholics, 4 Methodists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 91 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC192006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC099003_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243199

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). "Garthby, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/garthby-qc192006-1911/.