Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)
Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,015. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.810°N, 71.208°W.
Population
In 1881, Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,015: 1,249 male and 1,766 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,868 |
| 1881 | 3,015 |
| 1891 | 2,835 |
| 1901 | 3,107 |
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, Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Québec, Champlain, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, Montcalm (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier
- Québec, Montcalm Ward—Quartier (Centre)
- Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,015 total population, 1,766 females, 1,249 males, 664 married persons, 544 families, 334 married females, 330 married males, 181 widowed persons, 137 widowed females, 44 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,170 single persons under 18, 1,295 single females under 18, 875 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 389 occupied houses, 388 inhabited houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 496 bushels of potatoes, 300 bushels of oats, 280 bushels of turnips, 50 tons of hay, 34 acres of hay crops, 17 bushels of buckwheat, 16 bushels of barley, 15 acres of potatoes, 14 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,016 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:
QC079007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC182005— 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). "Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc079007-1881/.