Piastre Baie, Quebec (1911 census)
Piastre Baie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 253. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.334°N, 62.462°W.
Population
In 1911, Piastre Baie had a population of 253: 124 male and 129 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ile Michon, 1921 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Aquanish, 1921 (61.5% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ile Beets, 1921 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Watshihu, 1921 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Beth Chain, 1921 (37.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Piastre Baie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 253 total population, 129 females in the population, 124 males in the population, 75 single (never-married) females, 65 single (never-married) males, 56 families, 53 married males, 52 married females, 6 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 245 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 251 Roman Catholics, 2 Methodists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 44 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC154060— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154060— 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). "Piastre Baie, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/piastre-baie-qc154060-1911/.