Kamouraska, Village, Quebec (1861–1911)
Kamouraska, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in 6 censuses between 1861 and 1911. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q1103923, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 842 in 1861 to 519 in 1911).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from St. Louis in 1861
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 842 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 797 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 771 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 600 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 578 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 519 | View 1911 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 7 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Amable Dionne | 1781–1852 | born here |
| Joseph-André Taschereau | 1806–1867 | died here |
| Charles Chiniquy | 1809–1899 | born here |
| Nicolas-Tolentin Hébert | 1810–1888 | died here |
| Joseph-Pierre-Anselme Maurault | 1819–1870 | born here |
| Joseph-Charles Taché | 1820–1894 | born here |
| Henry George Carroll | 1865–1939 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC164017— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q1103923
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.