Cap St. Ignace, Quebec (1901 census)

Cap St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,519. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936964. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.913°N, 70.300°W.

Population

In 1901, Cap St. Ignace had a population of 3,519: 1,784 male and 1,735 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Cap St. Ignace, 1891 (64.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Apolline, 1911 (48.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Cap St. Ignace, 1911 (51.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Cap St. Ignace shared boundaries with:

• L'Islet
• Montminy, Rolette & Panet
• Notre Dame du Rosaire
• St. Cyrille
• St. Eugène
• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,519 total population, 1,784 males, 1,735 females, 1,151 single males, 1,080 single females, 654 families, 585 married females, 583 married males, 70 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 643 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 40,243 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC172001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2936964
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Saint-Ignace
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Saint-Ignace

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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 St. Ignace, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-st-ignace-qc172001-1901/.