Cap St. Ignace, Quebec (1911 census)
Cap St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,648. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936964. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.975°N, 70.371°W.
Population
In 1911, Cap St. Ignace had a population of 3,648: 1,818 male and 1,830 female residents. Population density was 58.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 3,539 |
| 1901 | 3,519 |
| 1911 | 3,648 |
| 1921 | 3,190 |
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 St. Ignace, 1901 (51.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Cap St. Ignace shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 40,243 area in acres, 3,648 total population, 1,830 females in the population, 1,818 males in the population, 1,161 single (never-married) males, 1,157 single (never-married) females, 676 families, 586 married males, 575 married females, 95 widowed females, 69 widowed males, 62.88 area in square miles, 58.02 population per square mile, 3 females with marital status not given, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 3,519 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 3,641 persons of French origin, 6 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 3,648 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 646 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC177001— 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 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 St. Ignace, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-st-ignace-qc177001-1911/.