Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1891 census)
Sault St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,936. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.385°N, 73.672°W.
Population
In 1891, Sault St. Louis had a population of 1,936: 960 male and 976 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Sault St. Louis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,936 total population, 976 females, 960 males, 784 married persons, 392 married females, 392 married males, 388 families, 113 widowed persons, 79 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,039 single persons under 18, 534 single males under 18, 505 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,713 persons who are not French Canadian, 223 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 384 occupied houses, 377 houses, 315 houses built of wood, 303 houses of 1 story, 146 houses of 2 rooms, 90 houses of 1 room, 73 houses of 2 stories, 61 houses built of stone, 56 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,441 pounds of homemade butter, 11,450 bushels of oats, 11,053 acres of land in farms, 10,135 bushels of potatoes, 6,244 acres of improved land in farms, 4,809 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,675 acres of farmland under crops, 2,616 chickens, 2,167 bushels of peas, 1,980 bushels of buckwheat, 1,748 acres of hay crops, 1,505 bushels of corn, 1,423 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,272 tons of hay, 1,239 bushels of barley, 864 acres of oats, 577 bushels of turnips, 459 bushels of spring wheat, 349 horses aged over 3 years, 333 occupants of farms, 302 farm occupants who own their land, 299 milk cows, 292 swine, 238 other cattle, 219 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 215 swine slaughtered or sold, 191 bushels of beans, 169 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 146 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 137 acres of potatoes, 107 acres of barley, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 90 horses aged 3 years and under, 85 ducks, 70 cattle killed or sold, 63 sheep, 62 geese, 57 other fowl, 52 acres of wheat, 44 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 33 turkeys, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 13 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 sheep slaughtered or sold, 6 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC161003— 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 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). "Sault St. Louis, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-st-louis-qc161003-1891/.