St. Célestin, Quebec (1901 census)

St. Célestin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,320. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911983. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.209°N, 72.407°W.

Population

In 1901, St. Célestin had a population of 1,320: 674 male and 646 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 contained St. Célestin, 1911 (94.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, St. Célestin shared boundaries with:

• Annaville vl
• Bécancour
• St. Grégoire
• St. Léonard
• St. Wenceslas
• Ste. Monique

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 1,320 total population, 674 males, 646 females, 420 single males, 402 single females, 230 married males, 225 families, 225 married females, 24 widowed males, 19 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 224 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 21,534 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC179009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911983

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. Célestin, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-lestin-qc179009-1901/.