St. Damase, Quebec (1901 census)
St. Damase was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 896. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462041. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.649°N, 67.793°W.
Population
In 1901, St. Damase had a population of 896: 492 male and 404 female residents.
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. Damase, 1891 (94.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. Damase shared boundaries with:
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 896 total population, 492 males, 404 females, 342 single males, 250 single females, 152 families, 143 married males, 142 married females, 12 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 133 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 33,792 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC188015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC188015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462041
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Damase,_Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Damase_(La_Matap%C3%A9dia)
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. Damase, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damase-qc188015-1901/.