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Province: Quebec  |  Years recorded: 1861–1921  |  Wikidata: Q106814642

St. Eloi, Quebec (1861–1921)

St. Eloi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in 7 censuses between 1861 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q106814642, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 1,397 in 1861 to 900 in 1921).

Population trajectory across census years

Census yearPopulationPage
18611,397View 1861 detail →
18711,134View 1871 detail →
18811,193View 1881 detail →
1891913View 1891 detail →
1901970View 1901 detail →
1911929View 1911 detail →
1921900View 1921 detail →

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

NameLifespanConnection
Ernest Lapointe1876–1941born here
Adélard Godbout1892–1956born here

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.