Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis, Quebec (1911 census)

Name: Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis (1911)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 40,364. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.544°N, 73.608°W.

Population

In 1911, Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis had a population of 40,364: 19,969 male and 20,395 female residents.

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 Montreal, St. Denis, Ward—Quartier, 1901 (39.6% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Montréal, C, 1921 (6.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 52 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 40,364 total population, 20,395 females in the population, 19,969 males in the population, 11,967 single (never-married) females, 11,962 single (never-married) males, 8,188 families, 7,659 married males, 7,561 married females, 846 widowed females, 329 widowed males, 14 females with marital status not given, 9 males with marital status not given, 8 legally separated males, 6 legally separated females, 2 divorced males, 1 divorced females. 9,025 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 31,267 persons of French origin, 3,780 persons of British origin (English), 1,877 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,091 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 704 persons of Italian origin, 145 persons of German origin, 133 persons of Belgian origin, 59 persons of Scandinavian origin, 45 persons of Chinese origin, 42 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 22 persons of Greek origin, 21 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of Polish origin, 8 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Swiss origin, 3 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin. 1,019 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 11 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 34,627 Roman Catholics, 2,284 Anglicans (Church of England), 1,266 Presbyterians, 1,015 Jews, 522 Methodists, 227 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 187 Baptists, 112 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 69 Congregationalists, 63 Lutherans, 40 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 31 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 13 Adventists, 12 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 8,053 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC172007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC172007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Montréal, ward-quartier St. Denis, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-ward-quartier-st-denis-qc172007-1911/.