St. David, Quebec (1911 census)
St. David was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,911. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.935°N, 72.840°W.
Population
In 1911, St. David had a population of 1,911: 964 male and 947 female residents. Population density was 51.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,159 |
| 1861 | 3,925 |
| 1871 | 2,934 |
| 1881 | 3,106 |
| 1891 | 2,312 |
| 1911 | 1,911 |
| 1921 | 1,618 |
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. David shared boundaries with:
- St. Aimé
- St. Bonaventure d'Upton
- St. Guillaume d'Upton
- St. Gérard de Magella
- St. Marcel
- St. Michel
- St. Pie de Guire
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 23,551 area in acres, 1,911 total population, 964 males in the population, 947 females in the population, 617 single (never-married) males, 589 single (never-married) females, 327 families, 319 married males, 315 married females, 51.93 population per square mile, 43 widowed females, 36.80 area in square miles, 28 widowed males. 2,050 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 1,902 persons of French origin, 8 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,911 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 317 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC206005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC100005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462051
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. David, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-david-qc206005-1911/.