St. Samuel de Gayhurst, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Samuel de Gayhurst was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,351. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.735°N, 70.833°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Samuel de Gayhurst had a population of 1,351: 682 male and 669 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 889 |
| 1901 | 1,366 |
| 1911 | 1,351 |
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. Samuel de Gayhurst, 1901 (78.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Samuel de Gayhurst shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 1,351 total population, 682 males in the population, 669 females in the population, 464 single (never-married) males, 440 single (never-married) females, 238 families, 207 married females, 207 married males, 20 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 males with marital status not given. 1,366 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 1,339 persons of French origin, 6 persons of Polish origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,345 Roman Catholics, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 221 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC144025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC144025— 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. Samuel de Gayhurst, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-samuel-de-gayhurst-qc144025-1911/.