Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1881 census)
Rivière du Loup was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,280. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,174 |
| 1881 | 1,280 |
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 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,280 total population, 656 females, 624 males, 368 married persons, 222 families, 184 married females, 184 married males, 34 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 878 single persons under 18, 454 single females under 18, 424 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 161 inhabited houses, 161 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 32,867 bushels of potatoes, 10,906 bushels of oats, 4,593 bushels of spring wheat, 2,013 bushels of barley, 1,627 acres of hay crops, 1,597 tons of hay, 934 bushels of peas and beans, 767 bushels of turnips, 581 bushels of rye, 572 acres of wheat, 263 bushels of buckwheat, 182 acres of potatoes, 36 bushels of other root crops, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 491 barrels of herring or alewives, 452 fathoms of fishing nets, 362 barrels of other fish, 20 barrels of eels, 13 gallons of fish oil, 9 quintals of fascines fish, 3 barrels of salmon, 2 quintals of cod. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 36 barrels of sardines, 7 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,279 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:
QC041002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC041002_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142024
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
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/.