St. Joseph de Sorel, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Joseph de Sorel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 623. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142456. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.003°N, 73.152°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Joseph de Sorel had a population of 623: 321 male and 302 female residents. Population density was 74.6 people per square mile.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Joseph de Sorel, 1901 (93.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Joseph de Sorel 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 5,348 area in acres, 623 total population, 321 males in the population, 302 females in the population, 203 single (never-married) males, 181 single (never-married) females, 104 married males, 103 married females, 98 families, 74.56 population per square mile, 18 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 8.36 area in square miles. 1,257 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 619 persons of French origin, 3 persons of German origin, 1 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 622 Roman Catholics, 1 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 98 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC191003— 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 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. Joseph de Sorel, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-sorel-qc191003-1911/.