St. Jean des Piles, Quebec (1901 census)
St. Jean des Piles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 554. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462551. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.709°N, 72.787°W.
Population
In 1901, St. Jean des Piles had a population of 554: 277 male and 277 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 554 |
| 1911 | 764 |
| 1921 | 649 |
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, 1891 (25.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. Jean des Piles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 554 total population, 277 females, 277 males, 180 single females, 174 single males, 104 families, 97 married males, 93 married females, 6 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 101 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 18,023 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC146012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047010_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462551
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-des-Piles
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-des-Piles
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. Jean des Piles, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-des-piles-qc146012-1901/.