St. Mathias, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Mathias was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 722. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912574. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.486°N, 73.229°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Mathias had a population of 722: 371 male and 351 female residents. Population density was 50.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,757 |
| 1861 | 1,829 |
| 1871 | 939 |
| 1881 | 853 |
| 1891 | 725 |
| 1901 | 657 |
| 1911 | 722 |
| 1921 | 735 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Mathias shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 9,243 area in acres, 722 total population, 371 males in the population, 351 females in the population, 245 single (never-married) males, 223 single (never-married) females, 132 families, 116 married males, 115 married females, 49.99 population per square mile, 14.44 area in square miles, 12 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 1 legally separated females, 1 legally separated males. 657 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 710 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (English), 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 715 Roman Catholics, 6 Baptists, 1 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 118 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC194008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC085008_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912574
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. Mathias, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathias-qc194008-1911/.