St. Fortunat de Wolfestown, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Fortunat de Wolfestown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,042. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462165. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.964°N, 71.604°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Fortunat de Wolfestown had a population of 1,042: 553 male and 489 female residents. Population density was 33.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,042 |
| 1921 | 908 |
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. Fortunat de Wolfestown shared boundaries with:
- Chester E. (Ste. Hélène)
- Chester W.-O. (St. Paul)
- Ham N.
- Notre-Dame de Lourdes de Ham
- St. Jacques
- Wolfestown
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 19,927 area in acres, 1,042 total population, 553 males in the population, 489 females in the population, 364 single (never-married) males, 306 single (never-married) females, 176 families, 172 married females, 172 married males, 33.47 population per square mile, 31.14 area in square miles, 13 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 3 legally separated males, 1 divorced males. 866 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 1,033 persons of French origin, 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,041 Roman Catholics, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 172 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC192012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099009_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462165
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fortunat
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fortunat
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. Fortunat de Wolfestown, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fortunat-de-wolfestown-qc192012-1911/.