St. Jacques des Piles, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Jacques des Piles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 682. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.747°N, 72.683°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Jacques des Piles had a population of 682: 341 male and 341 female residents. Population density was 8.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 791 |
| 1901 | 626 |
| 1911 | 682 |
| 1921 | 548 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 des Piles, 1901 (68.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Jacques des Piles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 50,790 area in acres, 682 total population, 341 females in the population, 341 males in the population, 208 single (never-married) females, 205 single (never-married) males, 137 families, 125 married females, 125 married males, 79.36 area in square miles, 11 widowed males, 8.59 population per square mile, 8 widowed females. 626 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 677 persons of French origin, 4 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 681 Roman Catholics, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 133 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC151008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047009_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912315
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. Jacques des Piles, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-des-piles-qc151008-1911/.