St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 975. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.386°N, 68.177°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin had a population of 975: 525 male and 450 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 975 |
| 1891 | 937 |
| 1901 | 1,038 |
| 1911 | 1,571 |
| 1921 | 1,870 |
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, St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 975 total population, 525 males, 450 females, 299 married persons, 166 families, 150 married females, 149 married males, 16 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 660 single persons under 18, 368 single males under 18, 292 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 137 inhabited houses, 137 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,605 bushels of barley, 7,028 bushels of potatoes, 2,955 bushels of spring wheat, 2,410 bushels of oats, 1,001 bushels of turnips, 880 bushels of peas and beans, 386 bushels of buckwheat, 335 acres of hay crops, 261 acres of wheat, 258 bushels of rye, 163 tons of hay, 117 bushels of other root crops, 62 acres of potatoes, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 975 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:
QC040013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084011— 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). "St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-st-marcellin-qc040013-1881/.