Bois (Rivière à Pierre), Quebec (1911 census)
Bois (Rivière à Pierre) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 848. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28154572. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.108°N, 72.166°W.
Population
In 1911, Bois (Rivière à Pierre) had a population of 848: 455 male and 393 female residents. Population density was 7.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 848 |
| 1921 | 842 |
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 contained Canton Bois, 1901 (55.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Bois (Rivière à Pierre) shared boundaries with:
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- Notre-Dame des Anges
- St. Alban
- St. Léonard
- St. Raymond-Nonnat
- Ste. Christine
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 73,114 area in acres, 848 total population, 455 males in the population, 393 females in the population, 293 single (never-married) males, 235 single (never-married) females, 168 families, 150 married males, 142 married females, 114.24 area in square miles, 16 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 7.42 population per square mile. 729 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 830 persons of French origin, 9 persons of British origin (Irish), 8 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). 1 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 848 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 130 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q28154572
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). "Bois (Rivière à Pierre), Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bois-rivi-re-pierre-qc186001-1911/.