St. Charles, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 889. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.656°N, 73.151°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Charles had a population of 889: 431 male and 458 female residents. Population density was 30.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,043 |
| 1891 | 989 |
| 1901 | 931 |
| 1911 | 889 |
| 1921 | 773 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Charles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 18,432 area in acres, 889 total population, 458 females in the population, 431 males in the population, 290 single (never-married) females, 265 single (never-married) males, 178 families, 144 married males, 141 married females, 30.87 population per square mile, 28.80 area in square miles, 25 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given. 931 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 888 persons of French origin, 1 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 889 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 164 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste Gosselin | 1843–1918 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC195005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911987
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, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-qc195005-1911/.