Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1881 census)
Rivière du Loup was a census subdivision in Temiscouata County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.819°N, 69.514°W.
Population
In 1881, Rivière du Loup had a population of 1,280: 624 male and 656 female residents. Population density was 45.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,164 |
| 1871 | 1,174 |
| 1881 | 1,280 |
| 1891 | 788 |
| 1901 | 699 |
| 1911 | 798 |
| 1921 | 949 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rivière du Loup, 1891 (94.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Rivière du Loup shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 222 |
| Number of families | 222 |
| Number of females | 656 |
| Number of males | 624 |
| Number of married females | 184 |
| Number of married males | 184 |
| Number of married persons | 368 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP TOT | 1,280 |
| Total population | 1,280 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 454 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 424 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 878 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 161 |
| Number of occupied houses | 161 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,627 |
| Acres of potatoes | 182 |
| Acres of wheat | 572 |
| BAR BU | 2,013 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,013 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 263 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,906 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 934 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 32,867 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 581 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,593 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 767 |
| BWT BU | 263 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 1,627 |
| HAY TONS | 1,597 |
| OAT BU | 10,906 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 934 |
| POT AC | 182 |
| POT BU | 32,867 |
| RYE BU | 581 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,597 |
| WHT AC | 572 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,593 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 491 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 362 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 36 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 452 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 13 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 9 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 491 |
| C UNMD F | 454 |
| C UNMD M | 424 |
| C UNMD TOT | 878 |
| CD NAME | Temiscouata |
| COD DX K | 2 |
| D OCC | 161 |
| EEL XB Q | 20 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 9 |
| FEMALE | 656 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 13 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 161 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| MALE | 624 |
| MD F | 184 |
| MD M | 184 |
| MD TOT | 368 |
| NET XX F | 452 |
| NUMBER CD | 41 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 362 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 36 |
| SAR XB Q | 36 |
| SHD XB Q | 7 |
| SLM XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 767 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC041002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095024— 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). "Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-du-loup-qc041002-1881/.