Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)
Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 19,375. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.514°N, 73.567°W.
Population
In 1881, Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier had a population of 19,375: 8,927 male and 10,448 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 14,916 |
| 1881 | 19,375 |
| 1891 | 24,924 |
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, Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Montréal, Centre Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, East, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. James', Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- St. Jean Baptiste, Village
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 19,375 total population, 10,448 females, 8,927 males, 6,298 married persons, 3,836 families, 3,151 married females, 3,147 married males, 1,133 widowed persons, 895 widowed females, 238 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 11,944 single persons under 18, 6,402 single females under 18, 5,542 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 3,152 occupied houses, 3,151 inhabited houses, 181 uninhabited houses, 21 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 505 bushels of other root crops, 65 bushels of potatoes, 18 tons of hay, 10 acres of hay crops, 1 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 19,377 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:
QC090005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC173007— 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). "Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc090005-1881/.