St. Blaise, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Blaise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,040. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.216°N, 73.312°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Blaise had a population of 1,040: 529 male and 511 female residents. Population density was 34.0 people per square mile.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Blaise, 1901 (84.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Blaise shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 19,587 area in acres, 1,040 total population, 529 males in the population, 511 females in the population, 326 single (never-married) males, 325 single (never-married) females, 196 families, 186 married males, 166 married females, 33.98 population per square mile, 30.61 area in square miles, 18 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 933 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 951 persons of French origin, 57 persons of British origin (English), 27 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 883 Roman Catholics, 121 Baptists, 17 Presbyterians, 9 Methodists, 7 Anglicans (Church of England), 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Christians (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 192 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC196005— 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 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. Blaise, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-blaise-qc196005-1911/.