Fournier, St. Aubert, Quebec (1881 census)
Fournier, St. Aubert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,622. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.114°N, 70.134°W.
Population
In 1881, Fournier, St. Aubert had a population of 1,622: 827 male and 795 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,325 |
| 1871 | 1,382 |
| 1881 | 1,622 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Aubert, 1891 (89.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Fournier, St. Aubert shared boundaries with:
- St. Cyrille, Lessard, Beaubien, Arago, Leverrier
- St. Eugène
- St. Jean Port Joli
- Ste. Louise, Ashford
- Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,622 total population, 827 males, 795 females, 499 married persons, 280 families, 251 married females, 248 married males, 44 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,079 single persons under 18, 561 single males under 18, 518 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 230 inhabited houses, 230 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,000 bushels of potatoes, 9,574 bushels of oats, 3,551 bushels of spring wheat, 3,115 bushels of barley, 1,507 acres of hay crops, 1,032 tons of hay, 816 bushels of other root crops, 804 bushels of rye, 684 bushels of buckwheat, 535 acres of wheat, 513 bushels of peas and beans, 290 bushels of turnips, 276 acres of potatoes, 16 bushels of corn, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,622 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:
QC043004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC043004_1861— 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). "Fournier, St. Aubert, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fournier-st-aubert-qc043004-1881/.