Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1851 census)

Sault St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,666. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.385°N, 73.672°W.

Population

In 1851, Sault St. Louis had a population of 1,666: 918 male and 748 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Sault St. Louis shared boundaries with:

• Laprairie
• St. Constant
• St. Isidore
• St. Joachim

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 151 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,666 total population, 918 males, Male members of the family who are present: 789, 748 females, Female members of the family who are present: 729, 571 single males, 392 single females, 325 married males, 320 families, 305 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 129, 51 widowed females, Male members of the family who are present: 46, 45 male births, 40 female births, 26 males attending school, 22 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 19, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 2 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 128 males aged 5 to 10, 109 females aged 5 to 10, 108 single males aged 15 to 20, 105 married males aged 20 to 30, 97 married females aged 20 to 30, 88 single females aged 10 to 15, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 81 single males aged 10 to 15, 74 married females aged 30 to 40, 65 single males aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 46 males under age 1, 46 married females aged 15 to 20, 45 single females aged 15 to 20, 41 females under age 1, 37 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 34 males aged 2 to 3, 33 females age 3 to 4, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 4 to 5, 20 married males aged 60 to 70, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 15 females aged 4 to 5, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,328 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1,259 Indigenous persons, 631 male negroes or coloured persons, 628 female negroes or coloured persons, 165 French Canadians, 146 persons originating in Ireland, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 7 persons originating in the United States, 6 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling).   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 49 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 27, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 22, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 9, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC057008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064007 — 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 1851 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). "Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-st-louis-qc057008-1851/.