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St. Jean-Baptiste, Quebec (1851–1911)
St. Jean-Baptiste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 6 censuses between 1851 and 1911. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q3462497, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,182 in 1851 to 1,246 in 1911).
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- incorporates territory from St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville in 1891
Descendant places
- later split into St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville in 1881
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,182 | View 1851 detail → |
| 1861 | 2,106 | View 1861 detail → |
| 1871 | 1,953 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1891 | 1,455 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 1,298 | View 1901 detail → |
| 1911 | 1,246 | View 1911 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC194006— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q3462497
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.