St. Modeste, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Modeste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 678. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.823°N, 69.388°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Modeste had a population of 678: 352 male and 326 female residents. Population density was 19.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,124 |
| 1881 | 733 |
| 1891 | 764 |
| 1901 | 817 |
| 1911 | 678 |
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. Modeste shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 22,425 area in acres, 678 total population, 352 males in the population, 326 females in the population, 233 single (never-married) males, 206 single (never-married) females, 109 married males, 108 families, 108 married females, 35.04 area in square miles, 19.35 population per square mile, 12 widowed females, 10 widowed males. 817 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 674 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 678 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 107 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC201019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC201019— 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 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. Modeste, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-modeste-qc201019-1911/.