Grand Mère, C, Quebec (1911 census)
Grand Mère, C was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,783. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q291278. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.611°N, 72.680°W.
Population
In 1911, Grand Mère, C had a population of 4,783: 2,524 male and 2,259 female residents. Population density was 3653.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 4,783 |
| 1921 | 7,631 |
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 contained Grand’Mère, Village, 1901 (75.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Grand Mère, C shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 4,783 total population, 3,653.93 population per square mile, 2,524 males in the population, 2,259 females in the population, 1,577 single (never-married) males, 1,340 single (never-married) females, 930 families, 898 married males, 854 married females, 838 area in acres, 61 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 2 legally separated females, 1.31 area in square miles, 1 divorced females, 1 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 2,511 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 4,174 persons of French origin, 291 persons of British origin (English), 159 persons of British origin (Irish), 62 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 20 persons of Italian origin, 15 persons of German origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 10 persons of Russian origin, 9 persons of Greek origin, 5 persons of Chinese origin, 3 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 2 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 12 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 4,371 Roman Catholics, 257 Anglicans (Church of England), 82 Presbyterians, 22 Methodists, 13 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 12 Jews, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 6 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 6 Baptists, 6 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 3 Lutherans, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 507 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC151022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047029— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q291278
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand-M%C3%A8re
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand-M%C3%A8re_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Grand Mère, C, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grand-m-re-c-qc151022-1911/.