St. Charles de Caplan, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Charles de Caplan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,756. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815622. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.135°N, 65.665°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Charles de Caplan had a population of 1,756: 855 male and 901 female residents. Population density was 22.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,069 |
| 1891 | 1,305 |
| 1901 | 1,990 |
| 1911 | 1,756 |
| 1921 | 1,646 |
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 was contained in St. Charles de Caplan, 1901 (63.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Charles de Caplan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 49,767 area in acres, 1,756 total population, 901 females in the population, 855 males in the population, 577 single (never-married) females, 547 single (never-married) males, 298 married females, 295 married males, 271 families, 77.76 area in square miles, 25 widowed females, 22.58 population per square mile, 13 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given. 1,990 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 1,620 persons of French origin, 109 persons of British origin (English), 26 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,652 Roman Catholics, 64 Presbyterians, 18 Anglicans (Church of England), 16 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 6 Brethren. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 271 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC148017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106815622
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. Charles de Caplan, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-de-caplan-qc148017-1911/.