St. Jean des Piles, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Jean des Piles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 764. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462551. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.709°N, 72.787°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Jean des Piles had a population of 764: 382 male and 382 female residents. Population density was 27.1 people per square mile.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Jean des Piles, 1921 (78.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Jean 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 18,024 area in acres, 764 total population, 382 females in the population, 382 males in the population, 253 single (never-married) females, 244 single (never-married) males, 133 married males, 132 families, 123 married females, 28.16 area in square miles, 27.13 population per square mile, 6 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 1 males with marital status not given. 554 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 753 persons of French origin, 10 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 764 Roman Catholics, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 125 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC151009— 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 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. Jean des Piles, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-des-piles-qc151009-1911/.