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Census Division: Rimouski | Province: Quebec | Years active: 1851–1921 | Wikidata: Q2991393

Rimouski, Quebec

Rimouski was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1851–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q2991393.

Population trajectory across census years

Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.

Year	Population	CSDs
1851	26,882	21
1861	20,854	13
1881	33,791	26
1891	33,430	33
1901	40,157	36
1911	48,098	43
1921	27,520	24

Constituent Census Subdivisions by year

1851 census

Chemin du Lac (pop 762)
Fraserville wd (pop 1,000)
Isle Verte (pop 2,681)
Matane, Parish (pop 1,083)
Matane, Township (pop 113)
McNider, Township (pop 200)
Métis wd (pop 656)
Rimouski wd (pop 3,653)
Rivière du Loup wd (pop 970)
St. Arsène wd (pop 1,958)
St. Denis, Township (pop 78)
St. Eloi wd (pop 1,170)
St. Fabien wd (pop 988)
St. George de Kacouna wd (pop 1,488)
St. Simon wd (pop 1,665)
Ste. Cécile, Bic (pop 1,391)
Ste. Flavie & St. Joseph (pop 1,634)
Ste. Luce & Neigette (pop 1,896)
Trois Pistoles wd (pop 2,847)
Viger (pop 225)
Whitworth (pop 424)

1861 census

Bic, VL wd (pop 2,297)
Macpès (pop 86)
Matane, Parish (pop 1,761)
Matane, Township (pop 549)
McNider, Township (pop 1,235)
Métis wd (pop 2,135)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 1,093)
St. Denis and Augmentation (pop 540)
St. Fabien wd (pop 1,309)
St. Germain (pop 3,550)
St. Simon wd (pop 1,951)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 2,203)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 2,145)

1881 census

Cherbourg (pop 690)
Matane (pop 2,611)
McNider, Township (pop 2,364)
Métis wd (pop 570)
Notre Dame du Sacré Cœur (pop 750)
Rimouski wd (pop 1,736)
Rimouski, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,417)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 1,437)
St. Damase wd (pop 465)
St. Donat wd (pop 914)
St. Edmond, Lac au Saumon wd (pop 729)
St. Fabien wd (pop 1,816)
St. Gabriel wd (pop 975)
St. Joseph wd (pop 556)
St. Mathieu wd (pop 1,175)
St. Moïse wd (pop 465)
St. Octave wd (pop 2,092)
St. Simon wd (pop 1,266)
St. Ulric (pop 2,017)
St. Valérien wd (pop 199)
Ste. Angèle wd (pop 1,199)
Ste. Blandine wd (pop 500)
Ste. Cécile du Bic wd (pop 2,772)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 1,968)
Ste. Félicité wd (pop 1,541)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 1,567)

1891 census

Causapscal (pop 155)
Cherbourg (pop 739)
Dalibaire (pop 425)
Mont Joli, VL wd (pop 742)
N.-D. de l'Assomption (pop 1,881)
Neigette (pop 247)
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (pop 668)
Rimouski wd (pop 1,220)
Rimouski, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,429)
Romieux (pop 236)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 942)
St. Benoît-Labre & St. Edmond (Amqui) wd (pop 803)
St. Damase (pop 863)
St. Donat wd (pop 760)
St. Fabien wd (pop 1,994)
St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin (pop 937)
St. Joseph de Lepage wd (pop 401)
St. Jérôme de Matane wd (pop 2,025)
St. Mathieu wd (pop 846)
St. Moïse wd (pop 537)
St. Octave de Métis & Village des Ecossais (pop 2,523)
St. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec (pop 1,115)
St. Simon wd (pop 998)
St. Ulric (pop 1,704)
St. Valérien wd (pop 814)
Ste. Angèle de Merrici wd (pop 1,231)
Ste. Anne de la Pointe au Père wd (pop 324)
Ste. Blandine wd (pop 595)
Ste. Cécile du Bic wd (pop 1,990)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 1,296)
Ste. Félicité & Cherbourg (pop 1,064)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 1,375)
Tessier (pop 551)

1901 census

Cherbourg (pop 453)
Mont Joli, VL wd (pop 822)
Neigette (pop 447)
Notre-Dame de Macnider (pop 1,908)
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (pop 686)
Petit Métis vl (pop 294)
Rimouski wd (pop 1,295)
Rimouski, Town—Ville wd (pop 1,804)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 928)
St. Benoît-Labre & St. Edmond (Amqui) wd (pop 2,632)
St. Damase wd (pop 896)
St. Donat wd (pop 802)
St. Fabien wd (pop 1,989)
St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin (pop 1,038)
St. Jacques le Majeur (Causapscal) wd (pop 1,179)
St. Joseph de Lepage wd (pop 414)
St. Jérôme de Matane wd (pop 1,528)
St. Jérôme de Matane vl wd (pop 1,176)
St. Luc (Tessier) (pop 564)
St. Mathieu wd (pop 893)
St. Moïse wd (pop 908)
St. Octave de Métis (pop 2,499)
St. Paul des Capucins (pop 245)
St. Pierre du Lac (pop 1,482)
St. Simon wd (pop 798)
St. Ulric (pop 1,725)
St. Valérien wd (pop 846)
St. Édouard des Méchins (pop 557)
Ste. Angèle de Merrici wd (pop 1,361)
Ste. Anne (pop 305)
Ste. Blandine wd (pop 844)
Ste. Cécile du Bic wd (pop 2,047)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 1,147)
Ste. Félicité wd (pop 1,445)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 1,235)
Ste. Marie de Sayabec (pop 965)

1911 census

Amqui vl (pop 1,070)
Cedar Hall (pop 1,904)
Kempt (pop 496)
Lac au Saumon (pop 562)
Lac au Saumon vl (pop 1,171)
Mont Joli, VL wd (pop 2,141)
NO DATA
Notre Dame du Sacré Cœur (pop 723)
Notre-Dame de Macnider (pop 1,769)
Other parts - Autres parties
Petit Métis vl (pop 285)
Price (pop 1,095)
Rimouski wd (pop 1,736)
Rimouski, T-V wd (pop 3,097)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 1,518)
St. Benoit-Labre & St. Léon le Grand (pop 2,430)
St. Damase
St. Donat wd (pop 922)
St. Fabien wd (pop 1,981)
St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin (pop 1,571)
St. Jacques le Majeur (pop 1,460)
St. Joseph de Lepage wd (pop 400)
St. Jérôme de Matane wd (pop 1,551)
St. Jérôme de Matane vl wd (pop 2,056)
St. Luc (Tessier)
St. Léandre wd (pop 458)
St. Mathieu wd
St. Moïse wd (pop 731)
St. Moïse vl wd (pop 637)
St. Octave de Métis (pop 1,550)
St. Paul des Capucins (pop 393)
St. Simon wd (pop 766)
St. Ulric (pop 1,221)
St. Valérien wd
St. Édouard des Méchins (pop 613)
Ste. Angèle de Mérici wd (pop 1,693)
Ste. Blandine wd (pop 1,255)
Ste. Cécile du Bic wd (pop 2,037)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 669)
Ste. Florence (pop 365)
Ste. Félicité wd (pop 1,868)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 1,696)
Ste. Marie de Sayabec (pop 2,208)

1921 census

Bic, VL wd (pop 912)
Luceville, VL (pop 426)
Mont Joli, VL wd (pop 2,799)
NO DATA
Notre Dame du Sacré Cœur (pop 690)
Rimouski, T-V wd (pop 3,612)
St. Anaclet wd (pop 1,435)
St. Donat wd (pop 1,189)
St. Fabien wd (pop 2,182)
St. François Xavier des Hauteurs wd (pop 726)
St. Gabriel & St. Marcellin (pop 1,870)
St. Germain de Rimouski wd (pop 2,085)
St. Joseph de Lepage wd (pop 481)
St. Mathieu wd (pop 781)
St. Narcisse wd (pop 460)
St. Simon wd (pop 805)
St. Valérien wd (pop 893)
Ste. Angèle de Mérici wd (pop 1,146)
Ste. Angèle de Mérici, VL wd (pop 447)
Ste. Anne de la Pointe au Père wd (pop 343)
Ste. Blandine wd (pop 1,364)
Ste. Cécile du Bic wd (pop 1,188)
Ste. Flavie wd (pop 707)
Ste. Luce wd (pop 979)

Lineage

Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.

Split into Temiscouata in 1861.
Split into Rimouski East, Rimouski West in 1871.
Re-formed from Rimouski East, Rimouski West in 1881.
Split into Matane in 1921.

Identifiers

HGIS Canada CD ID: CD_QC_Rimouski
Wikidata: Q2991393
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Rimouski

Sources

Census Division boundaries derived from the Canadian Peoples / TCP 1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan). Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.