Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,835. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.810°N, 71.208°W.
Population
In 1891, Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,835: 1,190 male and 1,645 female residents. Population density was 15171.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 7.40 |
| FAM NO | 385 |
| Number of families | 385 |
| Number of females | 1,645 |
| Number of males | 1,190 |
| Number of married females | 335 |
| Number of married males | 337 |
| Number of married persons | 672 |
| Number of widowed females | 125 |
| Number of widowed males | 40 |
| Number of widowed persons | 165 |
| POP F | 1,645 |
| POP M | 1,190 |
| POP TOT | 2,835 |
| Total population | 2,835 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,185 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 813 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,998 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,226 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,609 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 358 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 23 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 316 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 19 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 13 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 143 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 57 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 174 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 127 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 114 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 71 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 358 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 25 |
Agriculture (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 4 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 4 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 35 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 203 |
| Number of milk cows | 33 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| PEA BU | 3 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 35 |
Other recorded variables (41 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,185 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 813 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,998 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 385 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 7.40 |
| FRN CA | 1,226 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 203 |
| HOUSES | 358 |
| HOUSES B | 23 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 143 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 114 |
| HOUSES S | 316 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 127 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 71 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 174 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 57 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 25 |
| HOUSES W | 19 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 335 |
| MD MALE | 337 |
| MD TOT | 672 |
| MILK COWS | 33 |
| NAME CD | Quebec, City—Cité |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 3 |
| OC TOT | 4 |
| OTHERS | 1,609 |
| SUP AM | 4 |
| SUP JV | 4 |
| SUP TOT | 4 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 358 |
| WID FEM | 125 |
| WID MALE | 40 |
| WID TOT | 165 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC179009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC187005 — 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). "Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc179009-1891/.