Page 124 - Annuaire Statistique Québec - 1949

108 POPULATION

63-Population de la province de Québec, pal" citée et villes.
63-Population of the Province of Quebec, by Citiea and Town•.

1
Augmenta-
CITÊS ET YILLES 1 tion 1
(n 1931 HHl - 1046 1947 1948
CITIE8 AND TOWNS 1 Inereo,se
1931-41
CIT83---CITIES
Ca.p-de-la-Madeleine .... ..... 8,748 11.9131 3,213 13,100 15,500 13.700
Chicoutimi ......... ...... 11 ,877 16,040 4.163 18,600 18,600 18,300
Drummondville.... ..... .. 6.UOO 10,655 3,946 11,500 12,000 12,000
Grll.nb~".... .. .... ... .... 10.587 14,197 3,610 15.500 16,000 16,000
Gra:nd'X\,!êre... ....... ....
8,608
6,461
9,500
Hull....... ,,' .0. .... ...... 29,433 32,D47 2,147 36,000 10,000 10.000
37,000
3,514
36. !)Qû
Joliette.... ........ ..... ro,765 12,740 1,984 14,000 14,200 14,500
Lêvis ..... ... .... n,724 11,901 267 13.000 13.500 la,Saa
Longueuil .... 5,407 7,087 1,080 7.800 8,000 8,000
MONTREAL. ..... ·.. ..... 818,577 903,007 S4 ,430 1,000,000 1,000,000 1.075,000
Laebine .... .... ·.. ..... 18,630 20,051 1.421 22,000 25,000 23,000
Outremont. ....... •• '0, .... 28,641 30,751 2,110 ;14,000 35,000 36,000
Yerduo....... ... ... ... 60,745 67,349 6,604 15,000 Bu, 000 80,000
Wef'tmount.. .. ·. .. , ....... 24,235 26.047 1,812 29,000 30,000 31,000
QUEEEC...... ... .... ..... 130.594 150,7157 20,163 170,000 175,000 180.000
njvi~re--dn-ÙlUp......... .... 8,499 8,713 214 9,500 9,500 9,900
St-HY!l.Cinthe .... .... ... , .... 13,4tS 17,798 4,350 20,000 21.000 20,800
St-Jean...... . ' .. ...... ..... 11 ,256 13,646 2,390 15,000 15,,~OO 15,500
St~Lambert........ ..... ..... 6,075 6,417 342 7,000 7.0UO 7,300
Shawinigan Falls... ..... ..... 15,345 20,325 4,980 23.000 21,000 24,000
Sherbrooke... ' .. · . ., .. ..... 28,'i!33 35.965 7,032 40,000 42,000 42,000
SOlill. ............ .... ..... , . 10,320 12,251 1,931 13,000 13,500 13,500
Thetford Mines............ .. 10,701 12,716 2,015 14,000 14,500 17,770
TroiE·Rh1èlilS.......... '" . 35,450 42,007 6,557 46,000 47,000 48,000
Valleyfield., ..... .... ...... 11,411 17 ,052 5,641 18,600 19,000 21,000
VILLEa--ToWNS
Jonqui.ère...... , ............. 9,448 13,760 4.321 15,000 16,000 15,500
La Tuque, ............ ...... 7,871 7,919 48 8,700 9.000 9,000
Lauzon.............. ·....... 7,084 7,877 7.3 8,600 9,000 9,000
Magog. .... .... .... ..... 6,302 9,03'1 2,732 9,900 10,000 10,000
Montma.gny...........•... 3,927 4,585 658 .5,000 5,000 5,500
Rimouài ........ · ... ..... 5,589 7,009 1,420 7,700 8,000 7,900
St.-Jér6me........ ..... ...... 8,967 11,329 2,362 12,500 13,000 12,700
VietoriB.vn1e.. ' ... " .. ....... 6,213 8,516 2,303 9,300 9,500 9,500
(1) De 5,000 âmes et plus en 1926, (1) Ha.viug 5,000 popula.tion and over in 1926.
Les tableaux ci-dessns montrent la popula- The tables given aboye show the population,
tion des prineipaux centres urbains et der, of the principal urban centres aond of the coun-
comWs de la Pi-ovince. Il 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 some centres and
peut ne pas corroborer l'estimation faite dans
oounties do Dot tally with estimates computed
d'autres milieux, plincipalement pa,r les offi- elsewhere, notably those made by the muni,..
ciers de la municipalité concernée. En prin- cipal authorities of the places in quœtion. In
CIpe, une population est exactement connue
lors du reœnsement décennal uniquement, prmciple, the population of a place is known
puisque l'ensemble des citoyens se trouve alors exaetly oruy at the decennial censuS, Bince at
énuméré. Pour lell années intervallaires, il that tirue aU its citiz.ens are enuruerated. In
faut de toute nécessité établir le chiffre d'une intercensus .rears, inorder to establish a. popula-
.population en employant certaines mf'thodes tion figure, methods of calculation must
de calcul que des facteurs intrinooques peuvent necessarily be employed which iDtrinsic factors
évidemment infu'mer, parfois considérablement. cau obviously affect, sometimes considerably.
Il a êté constaté, au cours de la· période de It was found during the las.t war that a suh-
guerre, qu'une migrat.ion considérable de nos stantial migration of our population from one
populations s'est effectuée d'un centre à un place to another took place and we know tbat,
autre et noUS saYOOB que cette migratklll, da,ns to a certain extent, this migration is still
une proportion considérable, se continue. Il continumg. It is difficult, therefore, to estim~
devient donc difficile de pouvoir estimer le Ilote the popula.tion figures for our cities and
chiffre de population de nos cités et de nos
comtés. Devant cette situation, nous croyons counties. In view of this situation, it has been
appropdé et plus véridique de n'établir l'esti- thought advisible and more trustworthy ta
mation de cœ populations qu'en les basant establisb. estimates of these populations ba.sed
uniquement sur l'accroissement naturel. solely on the natura.1 increase.