Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1911 census)

Name: Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste (1911)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 21,116. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.519°N, 73.582°W.

Population

In 1911, Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste had a population of 21,116: 10,187 male and 10,929 female residents.

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 Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier, 1901 (58.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Montréal, C, 1921 (0.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 21,116 total population, 10,929 females in the population, 10,187 males in the population, 6,368 single (never-married) females, 6,110 single (never-married) males, 4,264 families, 3,826 married males, 3,768 married females, 770 widowed females, 228 widowed males, 18 males with marital status not given, 11 legally separated females, 8 females with marital status not given, 4 divorced females, 3 legally separated males, 2 divorced males. 26,754 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 13,916 persons of French origin, 1,845 persons of British origin (English), 1,267 persons of British origin (Irish), 591 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 196 persons of Italian origin, 75 persons of German origin, 41 persons of Chinese origin, 39 persons of Scandinavian origin, 20 persons of Greek origin, 19 persons of British origin (other), 16 persons of Belgian origin, 15 persons of Russian origin, 8 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 5 persons of Swiss origin, 2 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 2,954 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 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 15,749 Roman Catholics, 2,918 Jews, 1,121 Anglicans (Church of England), 587 Presbyterians, 335 Methodists, 123 Baptists, 104 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 96 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 60 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 30 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 26 Congregationalists, 21 Lutherans, 11 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 3,991 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC172008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC172008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Montréal, ward-quartier St. Jean Baptiste, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-ward-quartier-st-jean-baptiste-qc172008-1911/.