St. Henri, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Henri, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 30,335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.475°N, 73.586°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Henri, Town—Ville had a population of 30,335: 15,264 male and 15,071 female residents. Population density was 45754.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 6,415 |
| 1891 | 13,413 |
| 1901 | 21,192 |
| 1911 | 30,335 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Montréal, C, 1921 (1.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Henri, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
- Côte St. Antoine, Village
- Côte St. Paul, Village
- Montréal, St. Gabriel ward-quartier
- Montréal, Ste. Cunégonde ward-quartier
- Notre-Dame de Grâce
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 56 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 45,754.14 population per square mile, 30,335 total population, 15,264 males in the population, 15,071 females in the population, 9,297 single (never-married) males, 8,775 single (never-married) females, 5,855 families, 5,658 married males, 5,560 married females, 717 widowed females, 424 area in acres, 292 widowed males, 13 males with marital status not given, 9 females with marital status not given, 7 legally separated females, 4 legally separated males, 3 divorced females, 0.66 area in square miles. 21,192 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 24,734 persons of French origin, 3,463 persons of British origin (English), 804 persons of British origin (Irish), 640 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 143 persons of Italian origin, 95 persons of German origin, 77 persons of Polish origin, 38 persons of Scandinavian origin, 28 persons of Chinese origin, 23 persons of Russian origin, 10 persons of Belgian origin, 10 persons of Greek origin, 7 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 4 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of British origin (other). 50 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 38 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 8 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). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 26,828 Roman Catholics, 1,560 Anglicans (Church of England), 723 Presbyterians, 535 Methodists, 417 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 156 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 113 Baptists, 50 Jews, 34 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 19 Congregationalists, 15 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 12 Lutherans, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 4 Brethren, 3 Disciples of Christ. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 4 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Pagans"; primarily applied to Indigenous adherents of traditional spiritual practices. The label reflects period Christian-normative framing and is preserved as the historical source category. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 3,420 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160003_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Henri, Town—Ville, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-henri-town-ville-qc160003-1911/.