Newport, Quebec (1921 census)

Newport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 870. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28770243. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.383°N, 71.446°W.

Population

In 1921, Newport had a population of 870: 484 male and 386 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Newport shared boundaries with:

• Aukland (St. Isidore)
• Bury
• Clifton E.
• Eaton
• Hampden
• La Patrie (Ditton)
• Sawyerville, VL
• Westbury

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 870 total population, 484 males in the population, 435 males born in Canada, 386 females in the population, 358 females born in Canada, 33 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 22 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 16 males born outside the British Empire, 6 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 329 persons of British origin (English), 282 persons of British origin (Irish), 190 persons of French origin, 56 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 2 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. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 323 Methodists, 257 Anglicans (Church of England), 222 Roman Catholics, 52 Baptists, 11 Presbyterians, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC051013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC051013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28770243

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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). "Newport, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-qc051013-1921/.