St. Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec (1921 census)
St. Jacques de l'Achigan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,714. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462483. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.956°N, 73.569°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Jacques de l'Achigan had a population of 1,714: 878 male and 836 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Jacques, 1911 (91.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Jacques de l'Achigan shared boundaries with:
- L'Epiphanie
- St. Alexis
- St. Alexis, VL
- St. Esprit
- St. Jacques, VL
- St. Liguori
- St. Paul
- St. Roch de l'Achigan
- Ste. Julienne
- Ste. Marie Salomée
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 11 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,714 total population, 878 males in the population, 874 males born in Canada, 836 females in the population, 834 females born in Canada, 3 males born outside the British Empire, 2 females born outside the British Empire, 1 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,712 persons of French origin, 2 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,714 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Zacharie Lacasse | 1845–1921 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC073006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC073006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462483
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1921 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. Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-de-l-achigan-qc073006-1921/.