St. Hugues, VL, Quebec (1851–1921)

St. Hugues, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in 5 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q112912288, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,990 in 1851 to 511 in 1921).

Historical lineage

Ancestor places

• split off from St. Hughes in 1911

Descendant places

• later split into St. Hughes in 1881
• later split into Ste. Hélène in 1861

Population trajectory across census years

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC039015_1911 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q112912288

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.