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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Louis shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,050 total population, 538 males, 512 females, 308 married persons, 154 families, 154 married females, 154 married males, 37 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 705 single persons under 18, 368 single males under 18, 337 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,050 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 152 houses, 152 houses built of wood, 152 occupied houses, 150 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 48,222 pounds of homemade butter, 26,708 bushels of potatoes, 17,640 bushels of oats, 14,758 acres of land in farms, 12,216 acres of improved land in farms, 6,185 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,995 acres of farmland under crops, 4,990 bushels of spring wheat, 4,601 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,274 tons of hay, 2,614 acres of hay crops, 2,542 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,086 bushels of barley, 1,990 bushels of rye, 1,780 chickens, 1,515 bushels of turnips, 1,313 acres of oats, 1,227 sheep, 909 bushels of peas, 891 milk cows, 872 sheep slaughtered or sold, 844 acres of wheat, 629 swine, 616 swine slaughtered or sold, 463 other cattle, 306 horses aged over 3 years, 246 acres of potatoes, 216 acres of barley, 144 cattle killed or sold, 138 occupants of farms, 137 farm occupants who own their land, 130 geese, 87 bushels of beans, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 68 horses aged 3 years and under, 55 oxen, 53 acres of turnips, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 other fowl, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 ducks, 9 bushels of buckwheat, 4 turkeys, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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/.