St. Sévère, Quebec (1901 census)

St. Sévère was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 864. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.371°N, 72.910°W.

Population

In 1901, St. Sévère had a population of 864: 455 male and 409 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Sévère, 1891 (91.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Sévère, 1911 (93.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, St. Sévère shared boundaries with:

• St. Barnabé
• St. Léon
• St. Paulin
• Yamachiche

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 864 total population, 455 males, 409 females, 301 single males, 253 single females, 152 families, 147 married males, 146 married females, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 152 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 7,987 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC198012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC093010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463432
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-S%C3%A9v%C3%A8re,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-S%C3%A9v%C3%A8re

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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. Sévère, Quebec (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-s-v-re-qc198012-1901/.