St. Félicien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Félicien was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.759°N, 72.529°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Félicien had a population of 530: 281 male and 249 female residents. Population density was 1.7 people per square mile.
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. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin, 1891 (45.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Félicien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 114 |
| Number of families | 114 |
| Number of females | 249 |
| Number of males | 281 |
| Number of married females | 94 |
| Number of married males | 94 |
| Number of married persons | 188 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 5 |
| POP TOT | 530 |
| Total population | 530 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 152 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 185 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 337 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 16 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 89 |
| Number of occupied houses | 89 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 184 |
| Acres of potatoes | 37 |
| Acres of wheat | 270 |
| BAR BU | 1,537 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,537 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,013 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 3,440 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,655 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 222 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,703 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,240 |
| BWT BU | 224 |
| CRN BU | 11 |
| HAY AC | 184 |
| HAY TONS | 175 |
| OAT BU | 2,013 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 3,440 |
| POT AC | 37 |
| POT BU | 3,655 |
| RYE BU | 222 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 175 |
| WHT AC | 270 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,703 |
Fisheries (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 222 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 152 |
| C UNMD M | 185 |
| C UNMD TOT | 337 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| D OCC | 89 |
| FEMALE | 249 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 16 |
| H INHAB | 89 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| MALE | 281 |
| MD F | 94 |
| MD M | 94 |
| MD TOT | 188 |
| NET XX F | 222 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 25 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 124 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 1,240 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 4 |
| WID F | 3 |
| WID M | 2 |
| WID TOT | 5 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076028— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076028— 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. Félicien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-licien-qc076028-1881/.