Gentilly, Quebec (1891–1901)

Gentilly was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 2 censuses between 1891 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q5533651, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford in 1891

Descendant places

• later split into Gentilly, VL in 1911

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC179003 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• 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 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.