St. Alban, Quebec (1911 census)

St. Alban was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,451. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911830. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.768°N, 72.110°W.

Population

In 1911, St. Alban had a population of 1,451: 736 male and 715 female residents. Population density was 23.6 people per square mile.

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, 1901 (94.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Alban, VL, 1921 (0.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, St. Alban shared boundaries with:

• Bois (Rivière à Pierre)
• Notre-Dame des Anges
• St. Casimir
• St. Gilbert
• St. Marc
• St. Thuribe
• St. Ubalde, VL
• Ste. Christine

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 39,322 area in acres, 1,451 total population, 736 males in the population, 715 females in the population, 481 single (never-married) males, 459 single (never-married) females, 246 families, 232 married males, 228 married females, 61.44 area in square miles, 28 widowed females, 23.62 population per square mile, 23 widowed males. 1,989 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 1,447 persons of French origin, 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,449 Roman Catholics, 1 Presbyterians, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 235 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC186010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911830

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). "St. Alban, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alban-qc186010-1911/.