St. Donat, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Donat was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 922. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462098. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.491°N, 68.245°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Donat had a population of 922: 470 male and 452 female residents. Population density was 27.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 819 |
| 1881 | 914 |
| 1891 | 760 |
| 1901 | 802 |
| 1911 | 922 |
| 1921 | 1,189 |
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. Donat shared boundaries with:
- Mont Joli, VL
- St. Anaclet
- St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin
- St. Joseph de Lepage
- Ste. Angèle de Mérici
- Ste. Luce
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 21,709 area in acres, 922 total population, 470 males in the population, 452 females in the population, 314 single (never-married) males, 300 single (never-married) females, 172 families, 150 married males, 146 married females, 33.92 area in square miles, 27.18 population per square mile, 6 widowed females, 6 widowed males. 802 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 921 persons of French origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 922 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 149 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC193014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462098
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Donat,_Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Donat_(La_Mitis)
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. Donat, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-donat-qc193014-1911/.