St. Laurent, par., Quebec (1921 census)

St. Laurent, par. was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912478. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.496°N, 73.713°W.

Population

In 1921, St. Laurent, par. had a population of 1,829: 905 male and 924 female residents.

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. Laurent, 1911 (72.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, St. Laurent, par. shared boundaries with:

• Côte St. Luc, VL
• La Présentation T. S. Vierge, par.
• Montréal, C
• Mount Royal, T-V
• Saraguay, VL
• St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire
• St. Laurent, T-V
• Ste. Geneviève, par.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,829 total population, 924 females in the population, 905 males in the population, 881 females born in Canada, 846 males born in Canada, 35 males born outside the British Empire, 28 females born outside the British Empire, 24 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 15 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,603 persons of French origin, 104 persons of British origin (English), 30 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 23 persons of British origin (Irish), 19 persons of Belgian origin, 15 persons of Italian origin, 13 persons of Polish origin, 6 persons of Dutch origin, 5 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of other European origin, 2 persons of German origin. 3 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,707 Roman Catholics, 56 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 45 Presbyterians, 15 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 2 Jews, 1 adherents of Eastern religions, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC076010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912478

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. Laurent, par., Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-par-qc076010-1921/.