St. Vincent de Paul, Quebec (1921 census)

St. Vincent de Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 3,571. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912862. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.627°N, 73.663°W.

Population

In 1921, St. Vincent de Paul had a population of 3,571: 2,119 male and 1,452 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 contained St. Vincent de Paul vl, 1911 (4.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, St. Vincent de Paul shared boundaries with:

• Laval des Rapides, T-V
• St. Elzéar, par.
• St. François de Sales, par.
• St. Martin, par.
• Ste. Rose, par.

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 3,571 total population, 2,119 males in the population, 1,878 males born in Canada, 1,452 females in the population, 1,405 females born in Canada, 192 males born outside the British Empire, 49 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 27 females born outside the British Empire, 20 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 3,184 persons of French origin, 175 persons of British origin (English), 64 persons of Italian origin, 42 persons of British origin (Irish), 32 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 13 persons of Belgian origin, 9 persons of other European origin, 9 persons of Russian origin, 5 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin, 4 persons of German origin, 3 persons of Austrian origin, 2 persons of Greek origin, 1 persons of Polish origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. 18 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 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: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 3,379 Roman Catholics, 118 Anglicans (Church of England), 20 Presbyterians, 17 Jews, 15 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 6 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 4 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 4 Methodists, 2 Congregationalists, 1 Adventists, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

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 1921, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC076046 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076046 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912862

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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. Vincent de Paul, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-vincent-de-paul-qc076046-1921/.