Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1891 census)

Rivière du Loup was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,099. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141410. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.256°N, 72.944°W.

Population

In 1891, Rivière du Loup had a population of 2,099: 1,099 male and 1,000 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Rivière du Loup, 1881 (85.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Rivière du Loup shared boundaries with:

• Louiseville, Town—Ville
• St. Joseph
• St. Justin
• St. Léon
• Ste. Ursule
• Yamachiche

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,099 total population, 1,099 males, 1,000 females, 652 married persons, 350 families, 330 married males, 322 married females, 67 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,380 single persons under 18, 741 single males under 18, 639 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,097 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 304 houses, 304 occupied houses, 282 houses built of wood, 168 houses of 1 story, 166 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 133 houses of 2 stories, 56 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses built of brick, 12 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 91,462 pounds of homemade butter, 46,342 bushels of oats, 41,997 acres of land in farms, 25,713 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,139 bushels of potatoes, 16,284 acres of improved land in farms, 12,441 acres of farmland under crops, 12,321 bushels of buckwheat, 9,871 bushels of turnips, 9,679 tons of hay, 9,601 chickens, 6,326 acres of hay crops, 5,484 bushels of peas, 4,917 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,593 bushels of spring wheat, 4,488 bushels of corn, 4,361 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,142 bushels of barley, 3,688 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,033 acres of oats, 2,742 sheep, 1,413 swine, 1,325 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,113 ducks, 886 milk cows, 741 swine slaughtered or sold, 632 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 614 other cattle, 601 geese, 496 bushels of beans, 469 horses aged over 3 years, 465 acres of wheat, 419 turkeys, 308 occupants of farms, 248 cattle killed or sold, 220 farm occupants who own their land, 220 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 217 acres of barley, 199 other fowl, 169 acres of potatoes, 155 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 150 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 112 horses aged 3 years and under, 85 farm occupants who rent their land, 57 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 39 acres of turnips, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC167004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC168004_1891 — 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 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). "Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-du-loup-qc167004-1891/.