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Statistical Material and Charts

 

Last revised:
23 August 2000


Population of the Regions of Quebec. Census years 1851, 1901. Percentage in each region.

1851

1901

Region

Population

% of Pop.

Population

% of Pop.

Gaspé Region

19546

2.1

 

57791

3.3

Lower St. Lawrence

69661

7.8

 

117637

7.1

Quebec South Shore

81107

9.1

 

128091

7.7

Quebec City

42052

4.7

 

68840

4.1

Quebec North Shore

57591

6.4

 

80905

4.9

Quebec Region Total

180750

20.3

 

277836

16.8

Eastern Townships

79363

8.9

 

203151

12.3

St. Maurice Valley

76363

8.5

 

133156

8.1

City of Montreal

57715

6.4

 

203078

12.3

Island of Montreal

29769

3.3

 

161544

9.7

Mont. South Shore

217838

24.4

 

217540

11.7

Mont. North Shore

111790

13.2

 

128283

7.7

Mont. Region Total

417112

48.3

 

710445

41.4

Ottawa Valley

22903

2.5

 

101453

6.1

Sag.- Lake St. Jean

7719

0.8

 

42256

2.5

North Shore

   

5995

 

Source: Jean HAMELIN and Yves ROBY, Histoire économique du Québec, 1851-1896, Montreal, Fides, 1971, 436p., p.73

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