Cap Santé, Quebec (1911 census)
Cap Santé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 989. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141635. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.705°N, 71.787°W.
Population
In 1911, Cap Santé had a population of 989: 475 male and 514 female residents. Population density was 51.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,473 |
| 1861 | 3,315 |
| 1871 | 1,350 |
| 1881 | 1,291 |
| 1891 | 1,185 |
| 1901 | 1,093 |
| 1911 | 989 |
| 1921 | 1,071 |
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 Cap Santé, 1901 (80.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Cap Santé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 12,186 area in acres, 989 total population, 514 females in the population, 475 males in the population, 322 single (never-married) females, 297 single (never-married) males, 178 families, 167 married females, 164 married males, 51.94 population per square mile, 25 widowed females, 19.04 area in square miles, 13 widowed males, 1 legally separated males. 1,093 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 966 persons of French origin, 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 9 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 985 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists, 1 Mennonites, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 172 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine-Sébastien Falardeau | b. 1822 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080002_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141635
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Sant%C3%A9
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Sant%C3%A9
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). "Cap Santé, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-sant-qc186002-1911/.