St. Anselme, Quebec (1921 census)

St. Anselme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,415. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911875. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.630°N, 70.985°W.

Population

In 1921, St. Anselme had a population of 1,415: 731 male and 684 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. Anselme, 1911 (75.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, St. Anselme shared boundaries with:

• Honfleur
• St. Anselme, VL
• St. Gervais
• St. Henri de Lauzon
• St. Isidore
• Ste. Claire
• Ste. Hénédine

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,415 total population, 731 males in the population, 726 males born in Canada, 684 females in the population, 678 females born in Canada, 6 females born outside the British Empire, 5 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,391 persons of French origin, 23 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,393 Roman Catholics, 21 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC053001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC053001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911875

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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. Anselme, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-anselme-qc053001-1921/.