St. Louis, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 533. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.277°N, 72.014°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Louis had a population of 533: 268 male and 265 female residents. Population density was 4.8 people per square mile.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Blandford, 1861 (61.9% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Maddington, 1861 (8.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Louis shared boundaries with:
- Bulstrode
- Gentilly, Blandford
- St. Jean Deschaillons
- St. Pierre les Becquets
- St. Wenseslas
- Stanfold
- Ste. Eulalie
- Ste. Gertrude
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 91 |
| Number of females | 265 |
| Number of males | 268 |
| Number of married females | 83 |
| Number of married males | 83 |
| Number of married persons | 166 |
| Number of widowed females | 9 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 15 |
| Total population | 533 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 173 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 179 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 352 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 83 |
| Number of occupied houses | 83 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 55 |
| BWT BU | 726 |
| CRN BU | 321 |
| HAY AC | 494 |
| HAY TONS | 523 |
| OAT BU | 7,387 |
| PEA BU | 366 |
| POT AC | 69 |
| POT BU | 8,607 |
| Total area (acres) | 40,950 |
| WHT SP BU | 837 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 98 |
| AREA | 40,950 |
| BEING BUILT | 4 |
| BEN BU | 25 |
| CD | 137 |
| CSD | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 91 |
| FEMALE | 265 |
| GRA BU | 25 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 83 |
| INHABITED | 83 |
| MALE | 268 |
| MARRIED F | 83 |
| MARRIED M | 83 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 166 |
| POPULATION | 533 |
| ROOT BU | 220 |
| SINGLE F | 173 |
| SINGLE M | 179 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 352 |
| TUR BU | 38 |
| UNINHABITED | 12 |
| WIDOWED F | 9 |
| WIDOWED M | 6 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 15 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC137003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC137003— 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 1871 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, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-qc137003-1871/.