St. Blaise, Quebec (1901 census)
St. Blaise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 933. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.217°N, 73.305°W.
Population
In 1901, St. Blaise had a population of 933: 496 male and 437 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 933 |
| 1911 | 1,040 |
| 1921 | 906 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Blaise, 1911 (84.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. Blaise shared boundaries with:
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 933 total population, 496 males, 437 females, 318 single males, 269 single females, 180 families, 160 married males, 157 married females, 18 widowed males, 11 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 177 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 19,587 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC191003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC092003_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461891
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu
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. Blaise, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-blaise-qc191003-1901/.