St. Félicien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Félicien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 530. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141511. 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.
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 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 530 total population, 281 males, 249 females, 188 married persons, 114 families, 94 married females, 94 married males, 5 widowed persons, 3 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 337 single persons under 18, 185 single males under 18, 152 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 89 inhabited houses, 89 occupied houses, 16 houses under construction, 14 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,655 bushels of potatoes, 3,440 bushels of peas and beans, 2,703 bushels of spring wheat, 2,013 bushels of oats, 1,537 bushels of barley, 1,240 bushels of turnips, 270 acres of wheat, 224 bushels of buckwheat, 222 bushels of rye, 184 acres of hay crops, 175 tons of hay, 124 bushels of other root crops, 37 acres of potatoes, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 222 fathoms of fishing nets, 25 barrels of other fish, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 530 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:
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: Q141511
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-F%C3%A9licien,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-F%C3%A9licien_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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/.