St. Gilles, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Gilles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 900. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.498°N, 71.377°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Gilles had a population of 900: 451 male and 449 female residents. Population density was 12.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 796 |
| 1911 | 900 |
| 1921 | 808 |
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. Gilles shared boundaries with:
- St. Agapit
- St. Apollinaire
- St. Etienne de Lauzon
- St. Flavien
- St. Lambert de Lauzon
- St. Narcisse
- St. Patrice
- Ste. Agathe
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP | 796 |
| POP F | 449 |
| POP M | 451 |
| POP PER SQ MI | 13.41 |
| POP TOT | 900 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 7 |
| AREA ACRES | 42,962 |
| AREA SQ MI | 67.13 |
| BRIT ENGLISH | 11 |
| BRIT IRISH | 51 |
| DWELLINGS | 152 |
| F MARRIED | 137 |
| F SINGLE | 299 |
| F WIDOWED | 13 |
| FAMILIES | 157 |
| FRENCH | 836 |
| GERMAN | 2 |
| M MARRIED | 144 |
| M SINGLE | 292 |
| M WIDOWED | 15 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 5 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 888 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC171009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912257
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. Gilles, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gilles-qc171009-1911/.