St. Louis, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Louis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.556°N, 69.834°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Louis had a population of 1,050: 538 male and 512 female residents.
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 Kamouraska, 1901 (72.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Louis shared boundaries with:
- Kamouraska, Village
- St. André & part of Notre-Dame du Portage
- St. Denis
- St. Paschal & Woodbridge
- St. Philippe de Néri
- Ste. Hélène
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 6.80 |
| FAM NO | 154 |
| Number of families | 154 |
| Number of females | 512 |
| Number of males | 538 |
| Number of married females | 154 |
| Number of married males | 154 |
| Number of married persons | 308 |
| Number of widowed females | 21 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 37 |
| POP F | 512 |
| POP M | 538 |
| POP TOT | 1,050 |
| Total population | 1,050 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 337 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 368 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 705 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,050 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 152 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 152 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 150 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 94 |
| Number of occupied houses | 152 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 23 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 216 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 36 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 6,185 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,542 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 5,995 |
| Acres of hay crops | 2,614 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 12,216 |
| Acres of land in farms | 14,758 |
| Acres of oats | 1,313 |
| Acres of potatoes | 246 |
| Acres of turnips | 53 |
| Acres of wheat | 844 |
| BAR AC | 216 |
| BAR BU | 2,086 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,086 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 87 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 41 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 17,640 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 909 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 26,708 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,990 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,990 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,515 |
| BWT BU | 9 |
| HAY AC | 2,614 |
| HAY TONS | 3,274 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 144 |
| Number of chickens | 1,780 |
| Number of ducks | 16 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 137 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 130 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 68 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 306 |
| Number of milk cows | 891 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 138 |
| Number of other cattle | 463 |
| Number of other fowl | 25 |
| Number of oxen | 55 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 42 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 20 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 40 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 19 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 17 |
| Number of sheep | 1,227 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 872 |
| Number of swine | 629 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 616 |
| Number of turkeys | 4 |
| OAT AC | 1,313 |
| OAT BU | 17,640 |
| PEA BU | 909 |
| POT AC | 246 |
| POT BU | 26,708 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 80 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 4,601 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 48,222 |
| RYE BU | 1,990 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,274 |
| WHT AC | 844 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,990 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 42 |
| A 11 50 | 20 |
| A 201 PL | 19 |
| A 51 100 | 40 |
| BEN BU | 87 |
| BUTTER LB | 48,222 |
| CATTLE KS | 144 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 337 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 368 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 705 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 80 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 68 |
| DUCKS | 16 |
| FAMILIES | 154 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.80 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 4,601 |
| FRN CA | 1,050 |
| GEESE | 130 |
| GRA BU | 41 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,780 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 306 |
| HOUSES | 152 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 12 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 18 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 150 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 94 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 23 |
| HOUSES W | 152 |
| INF 11 A | 17 |
| MD FEM | 154 |
| MD MALE | 154 |
| MD TOT | 308 |
| MILK COWS | 891 |
| NAME CD | Kamouraska |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 137 |
| OC TOT | 138 |
| OTHER FOWL | 25 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 463 |
| OTHERS | 0 |
| SHEEP | 1,227 |
| SHEEP KS | 872 |
| SUP AM | 12,216 |
| SUP FOR | 2,542 |
| SUP JV | 36 |
| SUP PAT | 6,185 |
| SUP SC | 5,995 |
| SUP TOT | 14,758 |
| SWINE | 629 |
| SWINE KS | 616 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 152 |
| TUR AC | 53 |
| TUR BU | 1,515 |
| TURKEY | 4 |
| WID FEM | 21 |
| WID MALE | 16 |
| WID TOT | 37 |
| WORKING OX | 55 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160010— 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). "St. Louis, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-qc160010-1891/.