St. Ambroise, Village, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Ambroise, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,588. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259538. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.855°N, 71.367°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Ambroise, Village had a population of 1,588: 699 male and 889 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 875 |
| 1901 | 1,555 |
| 1911 | 1,588 |
| 1921 | 2,066 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Ambroise, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,588 total population, 889 females in the population, 699 males in the population, 556 single (never-married) females, 403 single (never-married) males, 340 families, 275 married males, 270 married females, 60 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated females. 1,555 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,482 persons of French origin, 45 persons of British origin (English), 21 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 29 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 4 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,545 Roman Catholics, 19 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 18 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Jews, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 294 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC190016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081023— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259538
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretteville,_Quebec_City
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretteville
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "St. Ambroise, Village, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-village-qc190016-1911/.