Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Rimouski
St. Fabien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,816. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.276°N, 68.838°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Fabien had a population of 1,816: 958 male and 858 female residents. Population density was 27.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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. Fabien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 264 |
| Number of families | 264 |
| Number of females | 858 |
| Number of males | 958 |
| Number of married females | 254 |
| Number of married males | 254 |
| Number of married persons | 508 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 38 |
| POP TOT | 1,816 |
| Total population | 1,816 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 578 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 692 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,270 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 215 |
| Number of occupied houses | 216 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 50 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,226 |
| Acres of potatoes | 205 |
| Acres of wheat | 704 |
| BAR BU | 4,624 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 4,624 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 211 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 29 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 10,513 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 2,611 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 31,512 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 3,610 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,886 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,528 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 7 |
| BWT BU | 211 |
| HAY AC | 2,226 |
| HAY TONS | 1,631 |
| OAT BU | 10,513 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 2,611 |
| POT AC | 205 |
| POT BU | 31,512 |
| RYE BU | 3,610 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,631 |
| WHT AC | 704 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,886 |
| WHT WTR BU | 7 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 520 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 842 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 30 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 51 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 11 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 152 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 51 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 398 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 520 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 578 |
| C UNMD M | 692 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,270 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| COD DX K | 398 |
| D OCC | 216 |
| EEL XB Q | 6 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 858 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 51 |
| GRA BU | 29 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 215 |
| H UNINH | 50 |
| MALE | 958 |
| MCK XB Q | 3 |
| MD F | 254 |
| MD M | 254 |
| MD TOT | 508 |
| NET XX F | 152 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 842 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 14 |
| SAR XB Q | 51 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 11 |
| SLM XB Q | 30 |
| TUR BU | 1,528 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 26 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 38 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084008 — 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. Fabien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fabien-qc040003-1881/.