St. Anselme, VL, Quebec (1921 census)
St. Anselme, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461785. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.630°N, 70.964°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Anselme, VL had a population of 400: 210 male and 190 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 (3.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Anselme, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 7 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 400 total population, 210 males born in Canada, 210 males in the population, 190 females born in Canada, 190 females in the population. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 400 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 400 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Michel-Thomas Labrecque | d. 1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC053021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC053021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461785
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anselme
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anselme
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, VL, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-anselme-vl-qc053021-1921/.