St. Hilaire de Dorset, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Hilaire de Dorset was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 268. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.849°N, 70.780°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Hilaire de Dorset had a population of 268: 134 male and 134 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 268 |
| 1921 | 339 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Shenley, Jersey, Dorset & Marlow, 1901 (57.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Hilaire de Dorset shared boundaries with:
- Courcelles (Ste. Martine de Courcelles)
- Gayhurst (St. Samuel)
- St. Evariste de Forsyth
- St. Gédéon de Marlow
- St. Honoré de Shenley
- St. Ludger
- St. Martin
- St. Sébastien d'Aylmer
- Ste. Rufine
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 268 total population, 134 females in the population, 134 males in the population, 87 single (never-married) males, 82 single (never-married) females, 51 families, 48 married females, 46 married males, 4 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 268 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 268 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 51 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC144013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC055011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462405
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
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. Hilaire de Dorset, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilaire-de-dorset-qc144013-1911/.