St. Damien de Buckland, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Damien de Buckland was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,446. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912044. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.632°N, 70.654°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Damien de Buckland had a population of 1,446: 704 male and 742 female residents. Population density was 61.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,446 |
| 1921 | 1,442 |
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. Damien de Buckland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 15,006 area in acres, 1,446 total population, 742 females in the population, 704 males in the population, 526 single (never-married) females, 490 single (never-married) males, 213 families, 195 married males, 188 married females, 61.67 population per square mile, 28 widowed females, 23.45 area in square miles, 19 widowed males. 1,174 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 1,438 persons of French origin, 8 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,446 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 206 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph-Onésime Brousseau | 1853–1920 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC146004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042009_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912044
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. Damien de Buckland, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damien-de-buckland-qc146004-1911/.