Wells & McGill, Quebec (1901 census)
Wells & McGill was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 532. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.112°N, 75.527°W.
Population
In 1901, Wells & McGill had a population of 532: 263 male and 269 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 Bigelow, Wells, Blake & McGill, 1891 (58.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Wells, 1911 (41.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained McGill, 1911 (58.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Wells & McGill shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 532 total population, 269 females, 263 males, 179 single males, 177 single females, 92 families, 82 married males, 81 married females, 11 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 87 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 129,331 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160039— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160039— 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 1901 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). "Wells & McGill, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wells-mcgill-qc160039-1901/.