St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1901 census)
St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 9,210. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 72.954°W.
Population
In 1901, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité had a population of 9,210: 4,181 male and 5,029 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,746 |
| 1881 | 5,321 |
| 1891 | 7,016 |
| 1901 | 9,210 |
| 1911 | 9,797 |
| 1921 | 10,859 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 9,210 total population, 5,029 females, 4,181 males, 3,223 single females, 2,526 single males, 1,714 families, 1,515 married males, 1,507 married females, 298 widowed females, 140 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 1,659 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 6,074 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 13 people connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Zéphirin Moreau | 1824–1901 | died here |
| Aurélie Caouette | 1833–1905 | born and died here |
| Louis Côté | 1836–1915 | died here |
| Boucher de la Bruère | 1837–1917 | born here |
| Alexandrine Teyssèdre | 1842–1921 | died here |
| Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne | 1844–1910 | died here |
| Élisabeth Bergeron | 1851–1936 | died here |
| Dominique-Ceslas Gonthier | 1853–1917 | died here |
| Claver Casavant | 1855–1933 | born and died here |
| Omer-Edmond Dalaire | 1856–1919 | died here |
| Élie Bourbeau | 1864–1934 | died here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1875–1937 | born here |
| Marie-Victorin | 1885–1944 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC190008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141873
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1901 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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-city-cit-qc190008-1901/.