Mont Louis, Quebec (1881 census)
Mont Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 789. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.195°N, 65.527°W.
Population
In 1881, Mont Louis had a population of 789: 408 male and 381 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 200 |
| 1871 | 520 |
| 1881 | 789 |
| 1891 | 896 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Mont Louis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 789 total population, 408 males, 381 females, 252 married persons, 136 families, 126 married females, 126 married males, 13 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 524 single persons under 18, 276 single males under 18, 248 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 122 inhabited houses, 122 occupied houses, 10 houses under construction, 9 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,540 bushels of potatoes, 3,143 bushels of oats, 2,999 bushels of barley, 2,678 bushels of spring wheat, 1,900 bushels of other root crops, 695 bushels of peas and beans, 453 bushels of turnips, 372 bushels of rye, 350 acres of hay crops, 327 tons of hay, 321 acres of wheat, 213 bushels of buckwheat, 97 acres of potatoes, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 7,680 quintals of cod, 3,627 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,452 gallons of fish oil, 1,080 barrels of herring or alewives, 283 barrels of mackerel, 163 men on fishing boats, 135 fishing boats, 21 barrels of other fish, 18 barrels of salmon, 14 barrels of trout, 9 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of eels, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 789 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:
QC039003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154018— 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). "Mont Louis, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/mont-louis-qc039003-1881/.