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 1,863. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141410. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.253°N, 72.951°W.
Population
In 1881, Rivière du Loup had a population of 1,863: 926 male and 937 female residents.
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 (85.1% 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 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,863 total population, 937 females, 926 males, 563 married persons, 294 families, 282 married females, 281 married males, 77 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,223 single persons under 18, 615 single males under 18, 608 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 285 inhabited houses, 285 occupied houses, 52 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 65,233 bushels of oats, 16,342 bushels of buckwheat, 15,860 bushels of potatoes, 14,768 bushels of peas and beans, 9,556 tons of hay, 4,948 bushels of other root crops, 4,523 acres of hay crops, 3,537 bushels of spring wheat, 2,240 bushels of barley, 1,244 bushels of corn, 511 bushels of turnips, 508 acres of wheat, 343 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 209 bushels of rye, 123 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,861 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:
QC085001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC085001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141410
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louiseville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louiseville
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-qc085001-1881/.