Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,139. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.346°N, 72.560°W.
Population
In 1891, Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,139: 1,006 male and 1,133 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Trois-Rivières (part)
- Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier
- Trois-Rivières, St. Philippe, Ward—Quartier
- Trois-Rivières, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,139 total population, 1,133 females, 1,006 males, 737 married persons, 412 families, 369 married males, 368 married females, 103 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,299 single persons under 18, 689 single females under 18, 610 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,009 French Canadians, 130 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 412 houses, 412 occupied houses, 237 houses of 1 story, 233 houses built of wood, 160 houses built of brick, 146 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 92 houses of 2 stories, 89 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses of 3 stories, 46 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of over 15 rooms, 19 houses built of stone, 17 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of more than 3 stories, 10 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,530 acres of land in farms, 5,284 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,088 bushels of potatoes, 3,158 bushels of oats, 2,246 acres of improved land in farms, 1,537 acres of farmland under crops, 1,203 tons of hay, 979 bushels of turnips, 799 acres of hay crops, 769 chickens, 612 acres of farmland in pasture, 612 bushels of buckwheat, 400 pounds of homemade butter, 260 occupants of farms, 230 bushels of barley, 228 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 174 farm occupants who own their land, 134 horses aged over 3 years, 133 acres of oats, 110 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 83 bushels of spring wheat, 80 milk cows, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 63 ducks, 55 other fowl, 36 bushels of beans, 28 swine, 26 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of peas, 25 sheep, 22 bushels of corn, 20 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11 acres of barley, 11 acres of wheat, 11 other cattle, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 employees on farms, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 oxen, 2 swine slaughtered or sold, 2 turkeys, 1 cattle killed or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-François Laflèche | 1818–1898 | died here |
| Joseph Barnard | 1872–1939 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC194002— 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 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). "Trois-Rivières, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc194002-1891/.