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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1861 census)

Sault St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,664. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.385°N, 73.672°W.

Population

In 1861, Sault St. Louis had a population of 1,664: 843 male and 821 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18611,664
18711,604
18811,684
18911,936

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sault St. Louis shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,664 total population, 843 males, 821 females, Male members of the family who are present: 820, Female members of the family who are present: 785, 557 single males, 497 single females, 293 married females, 285 adult females unable to read or write, 272 married males, 247 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 36, 31 female births, 31 male births, 31 widowed females, 25 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 23, 14 widowed males, 11 females attending school, 2 deaf and dumb males, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 126 single males aged 10 to 15, 115 single females aged 10 to 15, 103 females aged 5 to 10, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 98 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 single females aged 15 to 20, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 79 males aged 5 to 10, 75 single males aged 20 to 30, 62 married males aged 40 to 50, 59 married females aged 30 to 40, 53 married females aged 40 to 50, 52 married males aged 20 to 30, 46 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 married males aged 50 to 60, 35 single females aged 20 to 30, 26 males aged 3 to 4, 24 males aged 4 to 5, 23 females aged 2 to 3, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 21 married males aged 60 to 70, 20 females age 3 to 4, 20 females aged 4 to 5, 19 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 married females aged 15 to 20, 15 single males aged 40 to 50, 14 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 males of unknown age, 10 married males aged 70 to 80, 9 females of unknown age, 9 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 60 to 70, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 1,602 French Canadians, 1,352 Indigenous persons, 795 Indigenous females, 556 Indigenous males, 46 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 5 persons originating in Scotland, 4 persons originating in England or Wales, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in the United States, 1 female negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $223,397 value farms (dollars), $22,144 value all livestock, 17,645 pounds of maple sugar, $15,182 value horses aged over 3 years, 10,460 acres of land in farms, 6,534 bushels of oats, 5,806 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $5,004 value farm implements in dollars, 4,654 acres of farmland under crops, 4,654 acres of farmland under cultivation, 4,320 bushels of potatoes, 2,609 bushels of peas, 2,495 bushels of corn, 2,124 bushels of barley, 2,030 pounds of homemade butter, $528 value garden and orchard crops, 431 swine, 314 bushels of buckwheat, 289 acres of oats, 228 horses aged over 3 years, 211 milk cows, 197 acres of peas, 167 occupants of farms, 154 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 149 acres of corn, 143 calves and heifers, 118 acres of barley, 113 bushels of beans, 105 bulls, oxen, or steers, 103 pounds of wool produced on farms, 88 acres of potatoes, 82 bushels of spring wheat, 76 sheep, 71 bushels of carrots, 64 barrels of pork, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 49 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 33 acres of buckwheat, 33 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of spring wheat, 8 pounds of hops, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 barrels of beef, 4 tons of hay, 3 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes 3,032 yards of flannel, $1,635 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $270 value carriages for hire (dollars), 79 carriages for pleasure, 6 yards of fulled cloth, 5 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 50 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 32, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 18, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 14, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-st-louis-qc027007-1861/.