Shefford, Quebec (1911 census)
Shefford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,394. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244599. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.354°N, 72.572°W.
Population
In 1911, Shefford had a population of 1,394: 762 male and 632 female residents. Population density was 32.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,512 |
| 1861 | 3,712 |
| 1871 | 3,542 |
| 1881 | 2,936 |
| 1891 | 3,241 |
| 1901 | 1,425 |
| 1911 | 1,394 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Warden, VL, 1921 (3.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Shefford shared boundaries with:
- Bolton W.-O.
- Brome
- Granby
- St. Joachim
- Ste. Prudentienne
- Stukely N.
- Stukely S.
- Waterloo, T-V
- West Shefford vl
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 27,614 area in acres, 1,394 total population, 762 males in the population, 632 females in the population, 424 single (never-married) males, 313 single (never-married) females, 304 married males, 296 families, 290 married females, 43.15 area in square miles, 34 widowed males, 32.31 population per square mile, 29 widowed females. 1,425 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 749 persons of French origin, 308 persons of British origin (Irish), 229 persons of British origin (English), 59 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 4 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 794 Roman Catholics, 371 Anglicans (Church of England), 158 Methodists, 45 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 31 Congregationalists, 17 Adventists, 13 Baptists, 5 Presbyterians, 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 293 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC197010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197010_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244599
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). "Shefford, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shefford-qc197010-1911/.