Somerset, North—Nord, Quebec (1901 census)

Somerset, North—Nord was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,420. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 71.685°W.

Population

In 1901, Somerset, North—Nord had a population of 1,420: 715 male and 705 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Laurierville, VL, 1911 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Somerset, North—Nord shared boundaries with:

• Inverness
• Notre-Dame de Lourdes
• Notre-Dame de Lourdes
• Somerset, South—Sud
• St. Pierre Baptiste
• Ste. Anastasie
• Ste. Emélie

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 1,420 total population, 715 males, 705 females, 428 single males, 417 single females, 264 married females, 264 married males, 256 families, 24 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 253 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 25,689 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC169016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169016 — 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 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). "Somerset, North—Nord, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/somerset-north-nord-qc169016-1901/.