Waterloo, T-V, Quebec (1911 census)

Waterloo, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,886. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142289. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.344°N, 72.520°W.

Population

In 1911, Waterloo, T-V had a population of 1,886: 898 male and 988 female residents. Population density was 2195.6 people per square mile.

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 1911

In the 1911 census, Waterloo, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Shefford

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,195.58 population per square mile, 1,886 total population, 988 females in the population, 898 males in the population, 552 single (never-married) females, 550 area in acres, 508 single (never-married) males, 398 families, 358 married females, 358 married males, 78 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 0.86 area in square miles. 1,797 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 1,120 persons of French origin, 561 persons of British origin (English), 135 persons of British origin (Irish), 56 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 6 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Dutch origin. 1 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 1,154 Roman Catholics, 391 Anglicans (Church of England), 266 Methodists, 28 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 26 Adventists, 12 Baptists, 5 Presbyterians, 4 Congregationalists, 4 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 389 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC197014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC087014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142289
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Waterloo, T-V, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/waterloo-t-v-qc197014-1911/.