St. Esprit, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Esprit was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.904°N, 73.669°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Esprit had a population of 1,401: 677 male and 724 female residents. Population density was 64.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,820 |
| 1871 | 1,537 |
| 1881 | 1,685 |
| 1891 | 1,419 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,401 |
| 1921 | 1,504 |
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. Esprit shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 13,841 area in acres, 1,401 total population, 724 females in the population, 677 males in the population, 444 single (never-married) females, 408 single (never-married) males, 288 families, 245 married males, 241 married females, 64.78 population per square mile, 38 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 21.63 area in square miles, 1 divorced females. 1,392 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 1,390 persons of French origin, 9 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,400 Roman Catholics, 1 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 284 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC073005_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912111
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. Esprit, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-esprit-qc176006-1911/.