Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1911 census)
Sault St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.385°N, 73.672°W.
Population
In 1911, Sault St. Louis had a population of 2,500: 1,271 male and 1,229 female residents. Population density was 120.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,666 |
| 1861 | 1,664 |
| 1871 | 1,604 |
| 1881 | 1,684 |
| 1891 | 1,936 |
| 1901 | 2,110 |
| 1911 | 2,500 |
| 1921 | 2,652 |
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, Sault St. Louis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 13,312 area in acres, 2,500 total population, 1,271 males in the population, 1,229 females in the population, 718 single (never-married) males, 636 single (never-married) females, 527 families, 503 married males, 495 married females, 120.19 population per square mile, 98 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 20.80 area in square miles. 2,110 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 286 persons of French origin, 12 persons of British origin (English), 8 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 7 persons of British origin (Irish), 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Russian origin. 2,183 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 2,465 Roman Catholics, 18 Methodists, 13 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 521 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aurélie Lesaulnier | 1834–1922 | died here |
| Jean-Baptiste Canadien | 1840–1919 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC166002— 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 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). "Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-st-louis-qc166002-1911/.