St. Louis de Blandford, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Louis de Blandford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 597. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462752. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.277°N, 72.016°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Louis de Blandford had a population of 597: 301 male and 296 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 597 |
| 1891 | 573 |
| 1901 | 440 |
| 1911 | 499 |
| 1921 | 503 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Louis de Blandford, 1891 (86.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Louis de Blandford shared boundaries with:
- Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford
- St. Jean Deschaillons
- St. Valère de Bulstrode
- St. Wenseslas
- Stanfold
- Ste. Eulalie
- Ste. Gertrude
- Ste. Sophie de Lévrard
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 597 total population, 301 males, 296 females, 210 married persons, 106 married males, 104 married females, 20 families, 16 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 371 single persons under 18, 187 single males under 18, 184 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 95 occupied houses, 94 inhabited houses, 40 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,366 bushels of oats, 4,694 bushels of potatoes, 1,959 bushels of buckwheat, 785 tons of hay, 715 bushels of peas and beans, 680 acres of hay crops, 379 bushels of spring wheat, 277 bushels of other root crops, 182 bushels of corn, 169 bushels of barley, 72 bushels of turnips, 71 acres of wheat, 68 acres of potatoes, 35 bushels of rye, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 596 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:
QC052032— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC038012_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462752
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
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). "St. Louis de Blandford, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-de-blandford-qc052032-1881/.