St. Colomban, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Colomban was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,969. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.778°N, 71.256°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Colomban had a population of 1,969: 919 male and 1,050 female residents. Population density was 827.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 896 |
| 1861 | 3,580 |
| 1871 | 676 |
| 1871 | 3,185 |
| 1881 | 3,277 |
| 1881 | 590 |
| 1891 | 395 |
| 1891 | 2,663 |
| 1901 | 324 |
| 1901 | 2,069 |
| 1911 | 1,969 |
| 1911 | 291 |
| 1921 | 297 |
| 1921 | 2,116 |
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. Colomban shared boundaries with:
- Banlieue (Trois-Rivières, par.)
- Banlieue S.
- Gore
- Mille Isles
- St. Canut
- St. Jérusalem
- St. Jérôme
- Ste. Foy
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 2,069 |
| POP F | 1,050 |
| POP M | 919 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 513.30 |
| POP TOT | 1,969 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 189 |
| AREA ACRES | 2,455 |
| AREA SQ MI | 3.84 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 134 |
| BRIT IRISH | 519 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 19 |
| CONGREGATIONALISTS | 2 |
| DWELLINGS | 236 |
| F MARRIED | 294 |
| F SINGLE | 702 |
| F WIDOWED | 54 |
| FAMILIES | 361 |
| FRENCH | 1,264 |
| GERMAN | 2 |
| ITALIAN | 20 |
| M MARRIED | 299 |
| M NOT GIVEN | 7 |
| M SINGLE | 581 |
| M WIDOWED | 32 |
| METHODISTS | 7 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 40 |
| PROTESTANTS | 29 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 1,701 |
| SCANDINAVIAN | 9 |
| UNSPECIFIED | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC190006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Colomban, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-colomban-qc190006-1911/.