Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)
Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,404. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.346°N, 72.560°W.
Population
In 1881, Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,404: 1,144 male and 1,260 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,260 |
| 1881 | 2,404 |
| 1891 | 2,139 |
| 1901 | 4,116 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Trois Rivières, C
- Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier
- Trois-Rivières, St. Philippe, Ward—Quartier
- Trois-Rivières, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,404 total population, 1,260 females, 1,144 males, 810 married persons, 479 families, 406 married males, 404 married females, 105 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,489 single persons under 18, 785 single females under 18, 704 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 367 inhabited houses, 367 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,442 bushels of oats, 5,114 bushels of potatoes, 1,865 bushels of buckwheat, 1,251 tons of hay, 894 bushels of peas and beans, 883 bushels of turnips, 708 acres of hay crops, 696 bushels of barley, 380 bushels of other root crops, 184 bushels of spring wheat, 125 acres of potatoes, 87 bushels of rye, 81 bushels of corn, 76 bushels of winter wheat, 38 acres of wheat, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Polette | 1807–1887 | died here |
| Louis-François Laflèche | 1818–1898 | died here |
| Luc Desilets | 1831–1888 | died here |
| Joseph Barnard | 1872–1939 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,404 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:
QC083002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC198003— 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 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). "Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc083002-1881/.