Bourg Louis, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Bourg Louis, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,689. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.851°N, 71.809°W.
Population
In 1881, Bourg Louis, Village had a population of 1,689: 879 male and 810 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,689 |
| 1891 | 756 |
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 was contained in St. Raymond, 1871 (9.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Bourg Louis, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,689 total population, 879 males, 810 females, 475 married persons, 250 families, 238 married females, 237 married males, 47 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,167 single persons under 18, 621 single males under 18, 546 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 244 occupied houses, 243 inhabited houses, 59 uninhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 44,435 bushels of potatoes, 40,408 bushels of oats, 2,948 bushels of buckwheat, 2,918 bushels of turnips, 1,859 bushels of peas and beans, 1,738 bushels of spring wheat, 1,651 acres of hay crops, 1,388 tons of hay, 475 bushels of barley, 461 bushels of other root crops, 330 acres of potatoes, 294 bushels of rye, 186 acres of wheat, 183 bushels of corn, 120 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,689 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC081004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC178001— 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 1881 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). "Bourg Louis, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bourg-louis-village-qc081004-1881/.