Trois Rivières, C, Quebec (1921 census)

Trois Rivières, C was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 22,367. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q44012. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.347°N, 72.556°W.

Population

In 1921, Trois Rivières, C had a population of 22,367: 10,897 male and 11,470 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, Trois Rivières, C shared boundaries with:

• Banlieue (Trois-Rivières, par.)

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 22,367 total population, 11,470 females in the population, 10,900 females born in Canada, 10,897 males in the population, 10,301 males born in Canada, 431 females born outside the British Empire, 412 males born outside the British Empire, 184 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 139 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 21,019 persons of French origin, 714 persons of British origin (English), 209 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 108 persons of British origin (Irish), 69 persons of Syrian origin, 49 persons of Scandinavian origin, 40 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 24 persons of Belgian origin, 24 persons of German origin, 11 persons of Greek origin, 8 persons of Italian origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Ukrainian origin, 3 persons of Finnish origin, 3 persons of other European origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 38 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 21,407 Roman Catholics, 332 Presbyterians, 331 Anglicans (Church of England), 79 Methodists, 67 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 38 Jews, 35 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 30 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 15 adherents of Eastern religions, 12 Lutherans, 11 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 9 Baptists, 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC093015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q44012
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res

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). "Trois Rivières, C, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-c-qc093015-1921/.