Whitton (Ste. Cécile), Quebec (1911 census)
Whitton (Ste. Cécile) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,066. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28535203. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.681°N, 70.928°W.
Population
In 1911, Whitton (Ste. Cécile) had a population of 1,066: 560 male and 506 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,066 |
| 1921 | 1,080 |
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 Whitton & Ste. Cécile, 1901 (49.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Whitton (Ste. Cécile) shared boundaries with:
- Gayhurst (St. Samuel)
- Lac Mégantic vl
- St. Hubert de Spalding
- St. Sébastien d'Aylmer
- Whitton
- Winslow N. & St. Romain
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,066 total population, 560 males in the population, 506 females in the population, 370 single (never-married) males, 320 single (never-married) females, 192 families, 178 married males, 175 married females, 12 widowed males, 11 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,025 persons of French origin, 37 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,023 Roman Catholics, 30 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 11 Presbyterians, 1 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Mennonites. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 182 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC155015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC055018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28535203
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). "Whitton (Ste. Cécile), Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/whitton-ste-c-cile-qc155015-1911/.