St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,602. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.298°N, 73.383°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Gabriel de Brandon, VL had a population of 1,602: 774 male and 828 female residents. Population density was 1686.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 1,199 |
| 1911 | 1,602 |
| 1921 | 1,667 |
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. Gabriel de Brandon, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,686.32 population per square mile, 1,602 total population, 828 females in the population, 774 males in the population, 608 area in acres, 512 single (never-married) females, 458 single (never-married) males, 330 families, 287 married males, 278 married females, 37 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given, 0.95 area in square miles. 1,199 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 1,539 persons of French origin, 36 persons of British origin (English), 10 persons of British origin (Irish), 7 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,569 Roman Catholics, 23 Presbyterians, 6 Anglicans (Church of England), 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 3 Jews, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 315 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Charles-Amédée Vallée | 1850–1924 | died here |
| Albert Laurendeau | 1857–1920 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC147014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC043016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912200
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. Gabriel de Brandon, VL, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-de-brandon-vl-qc147014-1911/.