Rivière du Loup, Quebec (1901 census)

Rivière du Loup was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 699. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.818°N, 69.514°W.

Population

In 1901, Rivière du Loup had a population of 699: 364 male and 335 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Rivière du Loup shared boundaries with:

• Cacouna
• Fraserville, Town—Ville
• Notre Dame du Portage
• St. Antonin
• St. Arsène
• St. Modeste

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 699 total population, 364 males, 335 females, 256 single males, 217 single females, 120 families, 105 married females, 102 married males, 13 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 98 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 16,295 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC196009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC201007 — 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-du-loup-qc196009-1901/.