St. François, Quebec (1901 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 496. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.000°N, 70.836°W.
Population
In 1901, St. François had a population of 496: 241 male and 255 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 521 |
| 1861 | 561 |
| 1871 | 552 |
| 1881 | 496 |
| 1891 | 508 |
| 1901 | 496 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 414 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. François shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 496 total population, 255 females, 241 males, 173 single females, 155 single males, 86 families, 73 married females, 73 married males, 13 widowed males, 9 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 74 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 6,144 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC173007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075007_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462178
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1901 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. François, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc173007-1901/.