St. Urbain, Quebec (1911 census)
St. Urbain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,228. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.601°N, 70.581°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Urbain had a population of 1,228: 635 male and 593 female residents. Population density was 14.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 761 |
| 1871 | 855 |
| 1881 | 1,057 |
| 1891 | 1,141 |
| 1901 | 1,221 |
| 1911 | 1,228 |
| 1921 | 1,062 |
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. Urbain 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 54,887 area in acres, 1,228 total population, 635 males in the population, 593 females in the population, 420 single (never-married) males, 367 single (never-married) females, 220 families, 201 married females, 199 married males, 85.76 area in square miles, 25 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 14.32 population per square mile. 1,221 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 1,227 persons of French origin. 1 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,228 Roman Catholics. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 181 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Onésime Readman | 1877–1920 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC152011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048011_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912843
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. Urbain, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-urbain-qc152011-1911/.