Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)
Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,260. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.346°N, 72.560°W.
Population
In 1871, Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,260: 1,134 male and 1,126 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 1871
In the 1871 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, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,260 total population, 1,134 males, 1,126 females, 675 married persons, 459 families, 339 married males, 336 married females, 79 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,506 single persons under 18, 770 single males under 18, 736 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 268 occupied houses, 267 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Polette | 1807–1887 | died here |
| George Baptist | 1808–1875 | died here |
| Robert Middleton | 1810–1874 | died here |
| Louis-François Laflèche | 1818–1898 | died here |
| Luc Desilets | 1831–1888 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC131002— 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 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). "Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc131002-1871/.