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Atlas for 1956 Census : Federal Electoral Districts, with Enumeration Areas, for Québec [cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

ca. 1956.

Reference:

R233-117-4-E, RG31, Volume number: 1752, 1756--1763

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5167771

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1956 Census maps and geography

Atlas for 1956 Census : Federal Electoral Districts, with Enumeration Areas, for Québec
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Date(s):

ca. 1956.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 atlas : 78 maps, cover pages, index.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Atlas consists of a bound volume of 78 Federal Electoral District maps for Québec (prepared according to the Representation Act, 1952) that were printed by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys in 1953, and subsequently hand-annotated with Enumeration Areas by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for the 1956 Census.

R233 vol. 1756 contains the front cover page, index page (which numbers the maps), and Federal Electoral District maps for: 1. Argenteuil - Deux-Montagnes; 2. Beauce; 3. Beauharnois - Salaberry; 4. Bellechasse; 6. Bonaventure; 7. Brome - Missisquoi; 8. Chambly - Rouville; 9. Champlain.

R233 vol 1757 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 5. Berthier - Maskinongé - Delanaudière; 10. Chapleau; 18. Gatineau; 19A. Cité de Hull; 21. Joliette - L'Assomption - Montcalm; 22. Kamouraska; 23. Labelle; 24. Lac-Saint-Jean; 25. Lapointe; 33. Pontiac - Témiscamingue.

R233 vol 1758 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 11. Charlevoix; 12. Châteauguay - Huntingdon - Laprairie; 13. Chicoutimi; 14. Compton - Frontenac; 15. Dorchester; 16. Drummond - Arthabaska; 17. Gaspé; 19. Hull; 20. Îles-De-La-Madeleine; 26. Lévis.

R233 vol 1759 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 27. Longueuil; 28. Lotbinière; 29. Matapédia - Matane; 30. Mégantic; 31. Montmagny - L'Islet; 32. Nicolet - Yamaska; 38. Québec - Montmorency; 39. Richelieu - Verchères; 40. Richmond - Wolfe; 41. Rimouski.

R233 vol 1760 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 34. Portneuf; 35. Québec - Est; 36. Québec - Ouest; 42. Roberval; 45. Saint-Maurice - Laflèche; 48A. Cité de Sherbrooke; 52A. Cité de Trois-Rivières; 56. Dollard; 61. Laval.

R233 vol 1752 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 37. Québec - Sud.

R233 vol 1761 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 43. Saint-Hyacinthe - Bagot; 44. Saint-Jean - Iberville - Napierville; 46. Saguenay; 47. Shefford; 48. Sherbrooke; 49. Stanstead; 50. Témiscouata; 51. Terrebonne; 52. Trois-Rivières; 53. Vaudreuil - Soulanges.

R233 vol 1762 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 54. Villeneuve; 55. Cartier; 57. Hochelaga; 59. Lafontaine; 60. Laurier; 63. Mercier; 67. Papineau; 70. Saint-Denis; 72. Saint-Jacques; 73. St. Lawrence - St. George; 74. Sainte-Marie.

R233 vol 1763 contains Federal Electoral District maps for: 58. Jacques-Cartier - Lasalle; 62. Maisonneuve - Rosemont; 64. Mount Royal; 65. Notre-Dame-de-Grâces; 66. Outremont - Saint-Jean; 68. St. Ann; 69. Saint-Antoine - Westmount; 71. Saint-Henri; 75. Verdun.

Note that maps 55 - 75 pertain to l'Île de Montréal et l'Île Jésus.

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Cartographic material (Electronic) A photograph of the index is available as jpeg. The scope and content note indicates in which archival volume (among R233 vols. 1752, 1756 -- 1763) the maps are housed. (90: Open)

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General note:

Equivalent title on cover: "Cartes des districts électoraux fédéraux, loi de 1952 sur la députation."

Source of title:

Title is based on the cover pages of the atlases in this series.

Custodial history:

For conservation reasons, the bound atlas originally received from Statistics Canada was unbound and its component maps unfolded in 2019 by Library and Archives Canada.

Original version note:

For an unannotated version of the atlas, see volume 2 of "Federal electoral district maps, the Representation Act, 1952" (Ottawa : Surveyor General, 1953) in Library and Archives Canada's published collection, G1116.F7 C3 1953.

Source:

Government

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RG31
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R233]

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

1752;

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

1756--1763;

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

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