St. Gervais, Quebec (1911 census)

St. Gervais was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,017. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.709°N, 70.862°W.

Population

In 1911, St. Gervais had a population of 2,017: 1,011 male and 1,006 female residents. Population density was 47.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Gervais, 1921 (88.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, St. Gervais shared boundaries with:

• St. Anselme
• St. Charles Borromée
• St. Gabriel Archange
• St. Henri de Lauzon
• St. Lazare
• St. Nérée
• St. Raphaël

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 26,940 area in acres, 2,017 total population, 1,011 males in the population, 1,006 females in the population, 671 single (never-married) males, 657 single (never-married) females, 363 families, 313 married males, 300 married females, 47.92 population per square mile, 45 widowed females, 42.09 area in square miles, 26 widowed males, 4 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,936 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 2,017 persons of French origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,017 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 353 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC146006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC042010_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462315
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Gervais, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gervais-qc146006-1911/.