St. Benoit, Quebec (1851–1871)

St. Benoit was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 3 censuses between 1851 and 1871. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q112911931, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,663 in 1851 to 1,613 in 1871).

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC097007 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q112911931

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.