St. Elie d'Orford, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Elie d'Orford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 770. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.397°N, 72.072°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Elie d'Orford had a population of 770: 418 male and 352 female residents. Population density was 14.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 743 |
| 1911 | 770 |
| 1921 | 951 |
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. Elie d'Orford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 33,997 area in acres, 770 total population, 418 males in the population, 352 females in the population, 274 single (never-married) males, 212 single (never-married) females, 138 married females, 138 married males, 135 families, 53.12 area in square miles, 14.50 population per square mile, 6 widowed males, 2 widowed females. 743 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 651 persons of French origin, 86 persons of British origin (English), 18 persons of Belgian origin, 15 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 675 Roman Catholics, 54 Adventists, 41 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 135 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC198003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC088004_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463574
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89lie-d%27Orford
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. Elie d'Orford, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-elie-d-orford-qc198003-1911/.