Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 density was 4010.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 412 |
| Number of families | 412 |
| Number of females | 1,133 |
| Number of males | 1,006 |
| Number of married females | 368 |
| Number of married males | 369 |
| Number of married persons | 737 |
| Number of widowed females | 76 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 103 |
| POP F | 1,133 |
| POP M | 1,006 |
| POP TOT | 2,139 |
| Total population | 2,139 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 689 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 610 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,299 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 2,009 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 130 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 412 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 160 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 19 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 233 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 10 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 237 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 26 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 92 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 45 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 71 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 89 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 146 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 12 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 22 |
| Number of occupied houses | 412 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 11 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 97 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 612 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 5,284 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,537 |
| Acres of hay crops | 799 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,246 |
| Acres of land in farms | 7,530 |
| Acres of oats | 133 |
| Acres of potatoes | 26 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 11 |
| BAR AC | 11 |
| BAR BU | 230 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 230 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 612 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,158 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,088 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 83 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 979 |
| BWT BU | 612 |
| CRN BU | 22 |
| HAY AC | 799 |
| HAY TONS | 1,203 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 1 |
| Number of chickens | 769 |
| Number of ducks | 63 |
| Number of employees on farms | 7 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 174 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 79 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 2 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 134 |
| Number of milk cows | 80 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 260 |
| Number of other cattle | 11 |
| Number of other fowl | 55 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 228 |
| Number of sheep | 25 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 4 |
| Number of swine | 28 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 2 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| OAT AC | 133 |
| OAT BU | 3,158 |
| PEA BU | 25 |
| POT AC | 26 |
| POT BU | 4,088 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 110 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 400 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,203 |
| WHT AC | 11 |
| WHT SP BU | 83 |
Other recorded variables (68 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 201 PL | 7 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BEN BU | 36 |
| BUTTER LB | 400 |
| CATTLE KS | 1 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 689 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 610 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,299 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 20 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 2 |
| DUCKS | 63 |
| FAMILIES | 412 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 110 |
| FRN CA | 2,009 |
| GRA BU | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 769 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 134 |
| HOUSES | 412 |
| HOUSES B | 160 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 46 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 89 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 237 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 12 |
| HOUSES S | 19 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 146 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 22 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 45 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 71 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 26 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 92 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 17 |
| HOUSES W | 233 |
| INF 11 A | 228 |
| MD FEM | 368 |
| MD MALE | 369 |
| MD TOT | 737 |
| MILK COWS | 80 |
| NAME CD | Trois-Rivières |
| OC E | 7 |
| OC F | 79 |
| OC P | 174 |
| OC TOT | 260 |
| OTHER FOWL | 55 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 11 |
| OTHERS | 130 |
| SHEEP | 25 |
| SHEEP KS | 4 |
| SUP AM | 2,246 |
| SUP FOR | 5,284 |
| SUP JV | 97 |
| SUP PAT | 612 |
| SUP SC | 1,537 |
| SUP TOT | 7,530 |
| SWINE | 28 |
| SWINE KS | 2 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 412 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 979 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| WID FEM | 76 |
| WID MALE | 27 |
| WID TOT | 103 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
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/.