Waswanipi, Quebec (1911 census)

Name: Waswanipi (1911)
Address: Quebec, CA

Waswanipi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.793°N, 75.993°W.

Population

In 1911, Waswanipi had a population of 301: 153 male and 148 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 Unorganized Districts- Abitibi, Ashuanipi, Mistassini, 1901 (15.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Waswanipi shared boundaries with:

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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 301 total population, 153 males in the population, 148 females in the population, 96 single (never-married) males, 81 single (never-married) females, 69 families, 55 married females, 54 married males, 12 widowed females, 2 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 16 persons of British origin (English). 285 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: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 161 Roman Catholics, 95 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 44 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 62 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC20N007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC20N007 — 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 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). "Waswanipi, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/waswanipi-qc20n007-1911/.