St. Jerusalem, Quebec (1921 census)
St. Jerusalem was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.668°N, 74.279°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Jerusalem had a population of 850: 449 male and 401 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,062 |
| 1901 | 969 |
| 1911 | 862 |
| 1921 | 850 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Jerusalem shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| POP F | 401 |
| POP M | 449 |
| POP TOT | 850 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ANGLICANS | 107 |
| BAPTISTS | 18 |
| BRIT BORN F | 12 |
| BRIT BORN M | 14 |
| BRIT ENG | 100 |
| BRIT IRISH | 248 |
| BRIT OTHER | 1 |
| BRIT SCOTCH | 321 |
| CAN BORN F | 388 |
| CAN BORN M | 431 |
| EUR BELGIAN | 2 |
| EUR FRENCH | 175 |
| EUR GERMAN | 1 |
| EUR OTHER | 2 |
| FOREIGN BORN F | 1 |
| FOREIGN BORN M | 4 |
| METHODISTS | 104 |
| OTHER SECTS | 7 |
| PRESBYTERIANS | 471 |
| ROMAN CATHOLICS | 143 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC037012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037012— 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 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. Jerusalem, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jerusalem-qc037012-1921/.