Montréal, cité, Quebec (1851–1851)

Montréal, cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in 1 census between 1851 and 1851. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q340, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Historical lineage

Descendant places

• later split into St. Mary’s Ward in 1861
• later split into St. James’ Ward in 1861
• later split into St. Lewis’ Ward in 1861
• later split into East Ward in 1861
• later split into Religious Institutions in 1861
• later split into St. Lawrence Ward in 1861
• later split into Centre Ward in 1861
• later split into West Ward in 1861
• later split into St. Antoine Ward in 1861
• later split into St. Ann’s Ward in 1861

Population trajectory across census years

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 1 person 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.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC085000 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q340
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al

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.