St. Alban, Quebec (1901 census)

St. Alban was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,989. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911830. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.763°N, 72.106°W.

Population

In 1901, St. Alban had a population of 1,989: 988 male and 1,001 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 St. Alban, 1891 (91.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Alban, 1911 (94.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, St. Alban shared boundaries with:

• Canton Bois
• Deschambault
• Grondines
• Notre-Dame des Anges
• St. Casimir
• St. Gilbert
• St. Thuribe
• St. Ubalde, VL
• Ste. Christine

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 1,989 total population, 1,001 females, 988 males, 620 single females, 615 single males, 391 families, 346 married males, 341 married females, 40 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 341 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 39,322 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC181009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC181009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911830

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). "St. Alban, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alban-qc181009-1901/.