St. Ours, Quebec (1861–1921)

St. Ours was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 7 censuses between 1861 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q142405, 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 1,731 in 1861 to 1,145 in 1921).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from St. Ours, Parish in 1861

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC082006 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q142405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours_(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.