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 density was 83.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,666 |
| 1861 | 1,664 |
| 1871 | 1,604 |
| 1881 | 1,684 |
| 1891 | 1,936 |
| 1901 | 2,110 |
| 1911 | 2,500 |
| 1921 | 2,652 |
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 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 428 |
| Number of families | 428 |
| Number of females | 826 |
| Number of males | 858 |
| Number of married females | 361 |
| Number of married males | 363 |
| Number of married persons | 724 |
| Number of widowed females | 75 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 102 |
| POP TOT | 1,684 |
| Total population | 1,684 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 390 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 468 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 858 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 338 |
| Number of occupied houses | 338 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,469 |
| Acres of potatoes | 139 |
| Acres of wheat | 107 |
| BAR BU | 954 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 954 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,032 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4,985 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 12,164 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 489 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 10,258 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,059 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 833 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 175 |
| BWT BU | 1,032 |
| CRN BU | 4,985 |
| HAY AC | 1,469 |
| HAY TONS | 1,313 |
| OAT BU | 12,164 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 10,258 |
| POT AC | 139 |
| POT BU | 14,059 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,313 |
| WHT AC | 107 |
| WHT SP BU | 833 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 390 |
| C UNMD M | 468 |
| C UNMD TOT | 858 |
| D OCC | 338 |
| FEMALE | 826 |
| GRA BU | 10 |
| H CON | 12 |
| H INHAB | 338 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| MALE | 858 |
| MD F | 361 |
| MD M | 363 |
| MD TOT | 724 |
| NUMBER CD | 69 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 489 |
| TUR BU | 175 |
| WID F | 75 |
| WID M | 27 |
| WID TOT | 102 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC069007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064007— 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/.