Verchères, Quebec (1911 census)
Verchères was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,697. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2514459. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.745°N, 73.327°W.
Population
In 1911, Verchères had a population of 1,697: 815 male and 882 female residents. Population density was 91.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,308 |
| 1891 | 2,040 |
| 1901 | 1,689 |
| 1911 | 1,697 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Verchères, 1921 (94.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Verchères, VL, 1921 (5.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Verchères shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 14,182 area in acres, 1,697 total population, 882 females in the population, 815 males in the population, 553 single (never-married) females, 493 single (never-married) males, 333 families, 276 married males, 275 married females, 91.34 population per square mile, 54 widowed females, 46 widowed males, 22.16 area in square miles. 1,689 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,691 persons of French origin, 6 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,697 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 285 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC150014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC150014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2514459
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verch%C3%A8res
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verch%C3%A8res
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). "Verchères, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/verch-res-qc150014-1911/.