St. Joseph de Sorel, Quebec (1901 census)
St. Joseph de Sorel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 1,257. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142456. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.006°N, 73.151°W.
Population
In 1901, St. Joseph de Sorel had a population of 1,257: 606 male and 651 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,210 |
| 1901 | 1,257 |
| 1911 | 623 |
| 1921 | 329 |
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 contained St. Joseph de Sorel, 1911 (93.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Joseph, VL, 1911 (6.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, St. Joseph de Sorel 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 1,257 total population, 651 females, 606 males, 404 single females, 373 single males, 243 families, 216 married males, 215 married females, 32 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 210 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 5,348 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142456
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
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. Joseph de Sorel, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-sorel-qc186003-1901/.