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 © 1999 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College |
|
