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INQUIRY IDEA N°1 -REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION

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  1. What was the population of each of the old neighbourhoods of Montreal in the second half of the 19th century?
  2. What was the population of the main municipalities of suburban Montreal around the end of the 19th century?

 1) What was the population of each of the old neighbourhoods of Montreal in the second half of the 19th century?

Population of the old quarters of Montreal 1861-1901

  1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Total of the main quarters (1792 boundaries) 90 323 107 225 140 747 182 695 203 078
Montreal Centre 6 750 5 264 4 635 5 119 4 110
Centre 1 424 1 110 827 675 1 094
West 2 831 1 265 842 1 007 439
East 2 495 2 889 2 966 3 437 2 577
Montreal West 44 288 55 670 68 606 85 513 91 377
Sainte-Anne 16 200 18 639 20 443 23 003 21 835
Saint-Antoine 15 190  23 925 33 834 44 626 47 653
Saint-Laurent 12 898 13 106 14 318 17 884 21 889
Montreal East 35 967 46 291 67 506 92 063 107 591
Saint-Jacques 13 104 17 680 25 398 32 393 40 041
Saint-Louis 12 667 14 916 19 375 24 924 26 919
Sainte-Marie 10 196 13 695 22 733 34 746 40 631
Religious Institutions 3 318        

Source: Federal Census.

[transl.]

Linteau, Paul-André. Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération, Montréal, Boréal, 1992, p. 76.

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 2) What was the population of the main municipalities of suburban Montreal around the end of the 19th century?

Population of the main municipalities around Montreal 1871-1901

Municipality 1871 1881 1891 1901
Saint-Gabriel   4 506 *9 986 *15 959
Sainte-Cunégonde   4 849 9 291 10 912
Saint-Henri   6 415 13 413 21 192
Saint-Jean-Baptiste 4 408 5 874 *15 423 *26 754
Saint-Louis   751 3 537 10 933
Côte Saint-Louis 2 215 1 571 2 972 *9 025
Hochelaga 1 061 4 111 *8 540 *12 914

* Annexed to Montreal.

Source: Federal Census.

[transl.]

Linteau, Paul-André. Histoire de Montréal depuis la Confédération, Montréal, Boréal, 1992, p. 85.

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