Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)
Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 14,916. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.514°N, 73.567°W.
Population
In 1871, Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier had a population of 14,916: 6,763 male and 8,153 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 1871
In the 1871 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, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 14,916 total population, 8,153 females, 6,763 males, 4,913 married persons, 3,068 families, 2,464 married females, 2,449 married males, 809 widowed persons, 662 widowed females, 147 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 9,194 single persons under 18, 5,027 single females under 18, 4,167 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 2,323 inhabited houses, 2,323 occupied houses, 97 uninhabited houses, 37 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 216 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC105001— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc105001-1871/.