Page 128 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1918

114 POPULATION
71-Population de la province de Québec, par cités et villes.
7l-Population of the Province of Quebec, by Cilies and To.ne.

Augmenta.-
CITÉS BT VILLES 1 tion 1
(l) 1931 1941 - 1945 1946 1 !Il"
CITIES A)l"D TOW)l"S Inerease 1
1931-H
1
1
CITJ'jS--CITIEB
Cap-de-h-::\-h.deleine.. 8,748 11,961 3.213 12,852 13,100 13.500
Chicoutimi ..... .... .... ... 11. 877 16,040 4.1(13 18,322 18,600 19,000
Dnuumondyille. .... 6.609 10.555 3,946 11.:HO 11.500 12,000
Granby ...... .... .. .... 10,587 14,197 3.610 15,255 15. &00 113,000
GrtLlld'lorH·re .. .... o. " •• 6,461 8,608 2,147 P,249 9,500 10,000
HuU..... ........ 29,433 32,947 ;J,514 35,400 3ti,OOO 36,500
Joliette..... .. .. ...... ...... 10,765 12,749 1,984 13,698 14,000 14,250
Lévis ..... .. . " ... ... ... ... 11,724 11,991 20'( 12,884 13,000 13.;)(10
wllgueuil ..... ...... ....... 5,407 7,087 1,6S0 7,615 7,800 8,090
MONTREAl. .... ... ....... 818.577 903,007 84 ,430 970.247 1,000,000 1,000.000
lachine.... .... ' .. 18,630 20,051 1.421 21,544 22,000 25.000
Outrl'mont. ..... ........ 28,641 30,751 2,110 33,041 34,000 35,000
Vel'dun. .. ...... ....... 00,745 67,349 6,604 72,364 75.000 80,000
'I;\'88tmount.. ........ .... 24,235 26,047 1,812 27 ,987 29,000 30.000
Q"CEBEC....... .... 130,594 150,7,".7 20,]63 161,983 170.000 175,000
Riviere-du-Loup.. .. ... 8,499 8,713 214 9,361 9,500 O,WO
St-Hyacintbe .... 13,448 17,798 4.350 19.123 20,000 21,000
St-Jean..... ..... ... ...... 11,25(\ 13,646 2.390 14,662 15,000 lZdiOO
St-Lambert. ... .. .. ..... 6,075 6,417 342 6,895 7,000 7,000
Sha",inignil FaU6.. 15,345 20,325 4,980 21.840 23,000 24,000
Sherbrooke.... ...... 28,9:'13 35,965 7.032 38,644 40,000 42,000
Sorel ............ 10,320 12,251 1,9:11 12, Hi3 1:'1,000 13,300
Thetford ::\lines. .. .... 10,701 12,716 2,015 13.003 14,000 14.500
Troiil-Rivières. ... .. .. ' 35,450 42,007 6,557 45,1:'15 46.000 47.000
Vlil\eyfield... .. ..... .... 11 ,411 17,052 5,641 18,322 H3,600 19,000
VILL!:_ToWN"
.Jonquii!re.. ....... ... 9,448 13,769 4,321 14,794 15,000 Hi ,000
La Tuque. ........ ...... 7,871 7;919 48 8, !SOS 8,700 9,000
Lau~on. ....... .... 7,084 7.877 793 8,403 8.600 9,000
Magog....... ...... ... 6,302 9,034 2,732 9,708 9,900 10,000
Montmagn}·. .... 3,927 4,585 638 4,927 5,000 6,000
Rimout>ki. ..... li,589 7,009 1,420 7,531 7,700 8,000
St...Jérôme.... 8,967 11 ,329 2,362 12,172 12,500 13,000
VictorÎll.\'ilIe. 6,213 8,516 2.303 9, {49 9,.'100 9,500
(1) De 5,000 fLrnes et plus en 1926. (1) Having 5,000 population and ove:r in 1926.
Les tableaux ci-dessus montrent la popula- The ta.bles given 'a,bove show the population
tion des principa,ux centres Ul'bains et des of the principal Ul'ban centres and of the Cüun-
comtés de la Province. 11 est bon d'expliquer ties of the Province. It must he pointed out
que la population de certains centres ou comtés that the populations of sorne centres and
peut ne pas corroborer l'estimation faite dans counties do not t.ally with estimate!'> computed
d'autres milieux, principalement par les offi-
ciers de la municipalit.€ concernée. En prin~ elsewhere, notably th08e made by the muni-
cipal authorities of the plaees in question. In
c1pe, une population est exactement connue
lors du recensement décennal uniquf"ment, principle, the population of a place i5 know-rr
puisque l'ensemble des citoyens se trouve alors e::mctly oruy at the deeennia.l census, sinee at
énuméré. Pour les années intervallaires, il that time aIl its eitizens are enumerated, ln
faut de tout~ nécessiM établir le chiffre d'une inter~nsusyears, inorder to establish a popula-
population en employant certaines méthodes tion :figure, methods of calculation must
de calcul que des facteUl's intrinsèques peuvent neœssarily be employed whieh intrinsic factors
évidemment infirmer, parfois considérablement. cau ob"iousI..v affect, sometimes eonside:ra.bly.
11 a été constaté. au cours de la période de l t was found during the last vrar tha.t a sub-
guerre, qu'une migration considérable de nos stantial migration of our population from one
populations s'est effœtuée d'lID centre à un place to another took place and we know tJlat,
a.utre et nous sa.vons que cette migration, dlID.8 to a cf'rtain extent, this migTation is still
une proportion oonsidérable, se continue. Il
continuing. It is difficult; therefore, to estim~
devient donc difficile de pouvoir estimer le
ate the population figures for our c.jt,ies a,nd
chiffre de population de nos ciMs et de nos
oomtés. Deva,nt cette situation, nous croyons counties, In viewof this situation. it has been
a,pproprié et plus véridique de n'établir l'œti- thought advisihle and more tll.lstworthy to
mation de ees populations qu'en les basant establish estimates of these populations based
uniquement sur l'accroissement naturel. solely en the natural increase.