Gentilly, Quebec (1901 census)

Gentilly was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,158. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5533651. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.376°N, 72.251°W.

Population

In 1901, Gentilly had a population of 2,158: 1,037 male and 1,121 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Gentilly, VL, 1911 (0.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Gentilly shared boundaries with:

• Bécancour
• St. Pierre les Becquets
• Ste. Gertrude
• Ste. Marie de Blandford
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard

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 2,158 total population, 1,121 females, 1,037 males, 699 single females, 628 single males, 422 families, 380 married males, 374 married females, 48 widowed females, 29 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 400 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 29,973 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC179003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC179003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5533651
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentilly,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentilly_(B%C3%A9cancour)

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). "Gentilly, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gentilly-qc179003-1901/.