Ville Marie, VL, Quebec (1921 census)
Ville Marie, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 840. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141645. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.331°N, 79.447°W.
Population
In 1921, Ville Marie, VL had a population of 840: 432 male and 408 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ville-Marie vl, 1911 (34.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Ville Marie, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 840 total population, 432 males in the population, 408 females in the population, 404 males born in Canada, 389 females born in Canada, 25 males born outside the British Empire, 18 females born outside the British Empire, 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 1 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 791 persons of French origin, 25 persons of British origin (Irish), 15 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin. 6 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 822 Roman Catholics, 13 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Presbyterians, 1 adherents of Eastern religions. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC094062— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC094062— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141645
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Marie,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville-Marie_(ville)
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). "Ville Marie, VL, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ville-marie-vl-qc094062-1921/.