St. Faustin, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Faustin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,467. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244709. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.121°N, 74.463°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Faustin had a population of 1,467: 775 male and 692 female residents. Population density was 18.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 669 |
| 1901 | 1,283 |
| 1911 | 1,467 |
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. Faustin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 51,223 area in acres, 1,467 total population, 775 males in the population, 692 females in the population, 490 single (never-married) males, 420 single (never-married) females, 276 families, 269 married males, 260 married females, 80.04 area in square miles, 18.33 population per square mile, 14 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 2 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,283 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 1,346 persons of French origin, 45 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 39 persons of British origin (English), 27 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of Italian origin. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,344 Roman Catholics, 56 Methodists, 30 Presbyterians, 25 Anglicans (Church of England), 4 Lutherans, 3 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 3 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 Baptists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 276 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC202005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC202005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244709
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. Faustin, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-faustin-qc202005-1911/.