Masham, Quebec (1851–1911)

Masham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 7 censuses between 1851 and 1911. Population grew substantially across the period (from 998 in 1851 to 2,009 in 1911).

Historical lineage

Descendant places

• later split into Masham N. in 1921
• later split into Masham S. in 1921

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_QC205015 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: not yet grounded.

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.