Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1881 census)
Sault St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,684. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.385°N, 73.672°W.
Population
In 1881, Sault St. Louis had a population of 1,684: 858 male and 826 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,664 |
| 1871 | 1,604 |
| 1881 | 1,684 |
| 1891 | 1,936 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Sault St. Louis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,684 total population, 858 males, 826 females, 724 married persons, 428 families, 363 married males, 361 married females, 102 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 858 single persons under 18, 468 single males under 18, 390 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 338 inhabited houses, 338 occupied houses, 12 houses under construction, 12 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,059 bushels of potatoes, 12,164 bushels of oats, 10,258 bushels of peas and beans, 4,985 bushels of corn, 1,469 acres of hay crops, 1,313 tons of hay, 1,032 bushels of buckwheat, 954 bushels of barley, 833 bushels of spring wheat, 489 bushels of other root crops, 175 bushels of turnips, 139 acres of potatoes, 107 acres of wheat, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,683 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:
QC069007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC161003_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-st-louis-qc069007-1881/.