St. Placide, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Placide was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 888. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912722. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.542°N, 74.196°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Placide had a population of 888: 448 male and 440 female residents. Population density was 51.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,230 |
| 1861 | 1,479 |
| 1871 | 1,172 |
| 1881 | 1,116 |
| 1891 | 990 |
| 1901 | 946 |
| 1911 | 888 |
| 1921 | 819 |
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. Placide shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 10,959 area in acres, 888 total population, 448 males in the population, 440 females in the population, 300 single (never-married) males, 277 single (never-married) females, 180 families, 134 married females, 134 married males, 51.86 population per square mile, 28 widowed females, 17.12 area in square miles, 14 widowed males, 1 females with marital status not given. 946 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 877 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 877 Roman Catholics, 10 Adventists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 170 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| ÉMile Miller | 1884–1922 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC156010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912722
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. Placide, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-placide-qc156010-1911/.