St. Jacques le Majeur, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Jacques le Majeur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.371°N, 67.224°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Jacques le Majeur had a population of 1,460: 767 male and 693 female residents. Population density was 20.6 people per square mile.
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 le Majeur (Causapscal), 1901 (61.2% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Causapscal (St. Jacques le Majeur), 1921 (60.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Jacques le Majeur 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 45,260 area in acres, 1,460 total population, 767 males in the population, 693 females in the population, 524 single (never-married) males, 453 single (never-married) females, 235 families, 231 married males, 228 married females, 70.72 area in square miles, 20.65 population per square mile, 12 widowed females, 12 widowed males. 1,179 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 1,448 persons of French origin, 6 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 3 persons of British origin (English), 3 persons of British origin (Irish). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,460 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 204 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC193021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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 le Majeur, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-le-majeur-qc193021-1911/.