Bourg Louis, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Bourg Louis, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 756. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.851°N, 71.809°W.
Population
In 1891, Bourg Louis, Village had a population of 756: 399 male and 357 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Raymond-Nonnat, 1901 (11.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Bourg Louis, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 756 total population, 399 males, 357 females, 261 married persons, 138 families, 132 married males, 129 married females, 25 widowed persons, 16 widowed males, 9 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 470 single persons under 18, 251 single males under 18, 219 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 436 persons who are not French Canadian, 320 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 127 occupied houses, 126 houses, 126 houses built of wood, 124 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,881 pounds of homemade butter, 18,891 acres of land in farms, 17,945 bushels of oats, 15,945 bushels of potatoes, 10,411 acres of improved land in farms, 8,480 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,585 acres of farmland under crops, 2,799 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,618 acres of hay crops, 1,617 chickens, 1,208 tons of hay, 1,145 bushels of turnips, 1,106 acres of oats, 1,087 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 889 bushels of buckwheat, 426 milk cows, 375 acres of potatoes, 317 sheep, 299 bushels of peas, 286 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 266 other cattle, 242 swine slaughtered or sold, 205 sheep slaughtered or sold, 197 swine, 181 horses aged over 3 years, 157 bushels of spring wheat, 152 cattle killed or sold, 128 farm occupants who own their land, 128 occupants of farms, 128 turkeys, 68 bushels of beans, 67 bushels of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 33 acres of turnips, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 oxen, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 bushels of rye, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 other fowl, 20 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of corn, 13 geese, 12 ducks, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 acres of barley, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC178001— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bourg-louis-village-qc178001-1891/.