Newport, Quebec (1901 census)

Newport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,092. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28770243. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.383°N, 71.446°W.

Population

In 1901, Newport had a population of 1,092: 590 male and 502 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Newport shared boundaries with:

• Auckland
• Bury
• Clifton, East & West—Est & Ouest
• Ditton
• Eaton
• Hampden
• Sawyerville, VL
• Westbury

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 1,092 total population, 590 males, 502 females, 362 single males, 260 single females, 233 families, 208 married males, 207 married females, 35 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 228 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 64,488 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC150016 — 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-qc150016-1901/.