Inverness, Quebec (1911 census)

Inverness was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,385. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3153881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.255°N, 71.500°W.

Population

In 1911, Inverness had a population of 1,385: 729 male and 656 female residents. Population density was 25.3 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, Inverness shared boundaries with:

• Halifax S.
• Inverness, VL
• Ireland N.
• Leeds
• Nelson
• Somerset N.
• St. Pierre Baptiste
• Ste. Anastasie

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 34,992 area in acres, 1,385 total population, 729 males in the population, 656 females in the population, 465 single (never-married) males, 368 single (never-married) females, 296 families, 239 married males, 231 married females, 57 widowed females, 54.67 area in square miles, 25.33 population per square mile, 25 widowed males. 1,542 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 689 persons of British origin (Irish), 456 persons of French origin, 129 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 110 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 584 Roman Catholics, 385 Anglicans (Church of England), 209 Presbyterians, 190 Methodists, 6 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 5 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 4 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 292 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC174003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC071004_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3153881
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness_(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). "Inverness, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/inverness-qc174003-1911/.