Page 94 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

B-MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION

The registers of civil status preserved since the origin of the colony
contain accurate information on the demographic movement of the
Province of Quebec, up to 1883. On their arrivai in this country, the
priests recorded regularly a11 births, marria.ges and deaths. The archives
of the French regime reveal, for instance, that for the year 1610, 16
deaths were registered. This custom firmly established by an ordinance
of Louis XIV eventually became law. Particulars concerning this will
he found in previous editions of the Year Book. The Civil Code of the
Province of Quebec, (ch. l, title II) contains the legislation concerning
these inscriptions. These acts must be registered by clergymen or
authorized officiaIs. The certificates are made out in duplicate and a
copy is deposited, within the time prescribed by law, in the office of
the Superior Court of the district and the other is consigned to the
parochial archives.
The statistics inserted in the present section are taken from the
annual report of the Hygiene Service of the Province. In order to enable
comparisons to be made with the other provinces of the Dominion, a new
system of collecting vital 5tatistics was inaugurated on the lst January,
1926, particulars of which will be found on page 70. Comparative
estimates between the figures published for the year 1926 and those of
previous years must be avoided, as the mode of compilation is com-
pletely changed; for instance, the notable increase in the number of
deaths recorded in 1926 over that of 1925 does not necessarily indicate
a hig'her ratio of deaths amongst our population, but is rather an indica-
tion that al! deaths, without exception, were duly reported to the Service
of Hygiene, in conformity with the new sydem of registration. According
ta the following table, there were 17,827 marriages, 82,165 births and
37,251 deaths in the course of the year 1926.

69-Marriages, BirUls aild Deaths registered in the Province of Quebec.
YEARS "'1:l>t'ri:L~ -----, Hm'" ri) 1 ,w," (1)
oolebr~~~d C..eholic r Pro""'~!ant Total
-----------li----j----·I . -----.----
Ig:ttJ el) .. .- ••••••• 11 17,E\27 ......... °J::_"_' ' 1__ 8 _ 2 ,_16_6__1-_ 0 _ 7 _,2_5_1
1
1~)25............... 17.-121 ;;O,IS9 7,3~g S7,~Z1 ~,300
1\124 , ,.............. 17,591 111,86, 7,oM SU,ll.ao :12,356
192:1............................. 17.01;1 77';,30 6.049 83.579 :.15,H8
lUit. . . . . . .. . ..........•... ,.,., 16,1109 S) ,6n 6,70:\ 88,377 :13,4,,\)
1921 .... ,., .. , ... ,., .. ,.,. l' .liB!! SI ,Il\)4 6,7[,,-, ~8,74\l 33,4:13
J920. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . 21,5S1 79, r,7 6,671 86,328 10,1\86
1919............................ 2l,f.no 74,°109 5,m2 SO,811 1 3",170
1918.. " "., ...• , , 1~,!17;:; 79,1f>7 5,;~'U 84,Eili9 (3) ~,g,!10Z
19l7.. . .. , lü.9:10 75,1:11 5,~"l} 80,:181 35,.;01
1911;." .. ". . .. ".', ..• ' Hi,1l1:1 7-1,725 5,fiOJ 80.327 :38,206
191;" ..... " ... ".,."..... J5,137 711.111>7 O,f,R7 83.274 :15,fl33
1914 " ' , . . IO.ln 7S,D"3 1~:8 80.3BI :11;,OOZ
1913.. ..................• 17,:);>:3 73.J!)0 S:I7V 79.0S9 :l",ZOO
1912 , , , , .. , , , ., .• 10,0,;', 71,fiG7 4,9RO 76.647 32,080
19l1 ,.......... 15,2:,4 liIl,t\:lO 4.1l4:i 74,475 :lf,,904
1910 14.33:3 (j!l,,,:n 4,291 n W'4 :I.'i, 1~3
1909., .. ,., ....•......... 13..t117 f 1,1\:1'2 ~,I1il 7J;07ci 33,231
t~~:'.. g:g~~ ~~:~~~ Uii ~~:~~ ~J:~6~
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(1) Still-born exduded.
(2) Tho molhod of oompilinf,< dernographi 8l,,,li iOB in 1926 is .Hol!ielher difi'erenL from t,h"t of previo\l8
yenr!'1. Comp.urboH6 with tue fïgurc~ of p:rer.c1ins: m.lle"· .ther~ror be avoided. The ÎHCrt:l:Hg~ or tlf:tr.....u.oc
of fjgure6 fur L4)~() O\'f~r tllose of other yen.nl do 1.111t ne rU)' nllpn'sent a higber or )ower T;1(,;O but nre an inùica-
(.100 lhs.l marriagf';~. Lirths [lnd cleaULI!i are now UI_ore aœ te). cOluplled.
(3) Grippe epidemio.