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 13.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,203 |
| 1871 | 1,197 |
| 1881 | 648 |
| 1891 | 631 |
| 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, VL
- St. Apollinaire
- St. Etienne de Lauzon
- St. Flavien, VL
- 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 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 42,962 area in acres, 900 total population, 451 males in the population, 449 females in the population, 299 single (never-married) females, 292 single (never-married) males, 157 families, 144 married males, 137 married females, 67.13 area in square miles, 15 widowed males, 13.41 population per square mile, 13 widowed females. 796 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 836 persons of French origin, 51 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of British origin (English), 2 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 888 Roman Catholics, 7 Anglicans (Church of England), 5 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 152 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
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/.