Nemiskau, Quebec (1911 census)

Nemiskau was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 56. The administrative centroid was at approximately 51.685°N, 76.339°W.

Population

In 1911, Nemiskau had a population of 56: 33 male and 23 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 was contained in Unorganized Districts- Abitibi, Ashuanipi, Mistassini, 1901 (4.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Nemiskau shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 15 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 56 total population, 33 males in the population, 24 single (never-married) males, 23 females in the population, 13 single (never-married) females, 11 families, 9 married females, 9 married males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 2 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (English). 53 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 54 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 2 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 10 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC20N004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC20N004 — 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). "Nemiskau, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nemiskau-qc20n004-1911/.