Ste. Claire, Quebec (1911 census)
Ste. Claire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,899. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464213. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.582°N, 70.863°W.
Population
In 1911, Ste. Claire had a population of 1,899: 985 male and 914 female residents. Population density was 51.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,446 |
| 1871 | 2,481 |
| 1881 | 2,132 |
| 1891 | 1,824 |
| 1901 | 1,758 |
| 1911 | 1,899 |
| 1921 | 1,945 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Claire, 1921 (92.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Ste. Claire 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 23,525 area in acres, 1,899 total population, 985 males in the population, 914 females in the population, 673 single (never-married) males, 593 single (never-married) females, 336 families, 284 married males, 278 married females, 51.66 population per square mile, 43 widowed females, 36.76 area in square miles, 28 widowed males. 1,758 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 1,877 persons of French origin, 19 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of Italian origin, 1 persons of British origin (English). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,879 Roman Catholics, 19 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 332 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC157005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC053004_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464213
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Claire
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Claire
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). "Ste. Claire, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-claire-qc157005-1911/.