St. Fabien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,816. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815217. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 988 |
| 1861 | 1,309 |
| 1871 | 1,695 |
| 1881 | 1,816 |
| 1891 | 1,994 |
| 1901 | 1,989 |
| 1911 | 1,981 |
| 1921 | 2,182 |
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 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,816 total population, 958 males, 858 females, 508 married persons, 264 families, 254 married females, 254 married males, 38 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,270 single persons under 18, 692 single males under 18, 578 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 216 occupied houses, 215 inhabited houses, 50 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,512 bushels of potatoes, 10,513 bushels of oats, 5,886 bushels of spring wheat, 4,624 bushels of barley, 3,610 bushels of rye, 2,611 bushels of peas and beans, 2,226 acres of hay crops, 1,631 tons of hay, 1,528 bushels of turnips, 704 acres of wheat, 211 bushels of buckwheat, 205 acres of potatoes, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 bushels of other root crops, 7 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 842 barrels of other fish, 520 barrels of herring or alewives, 398 quintals of cod, 152 fathoms of fishing nets, 51 gallons of fish oil, 30 barrels of salmon, 6 barrels of eels, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 3 barrels of mackerel, 3 men on fishing vessels, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 51 barrels of sardines, 11 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,816 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:
QC040003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084008_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106815217
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/.