St. Fabien, Quebec (1861 census)

St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,309. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.276°N, 68.838°W.

Population

In 1861, St. Fabien had a population of 1,309: 674 male and 635 female residents.

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 1861

In the 1861 census, St. Fabien shared boundaries with:

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• St. Simon

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,309 total population, 674 males, 635 females, Male members of the family who are present: 620, Female members of the family who are present: 597, 487 single males, 425 single females, 175 married females, 169 adult males unable to read or write, 166 married males, 116 females attending school, 116 males attending school, 97 adult females unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 54, Females present who are not members of the family: 38, 35 widowed females, 22 male births, 21 widowed males, 14 female births, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 106 males aged 5 to 10, 96 females aged 5 to 10, 88 single males aged 10 to 15, 87 single males aged 20 to 30, 79 single females aged 10 to 15, 76 single females aged 15 to 20, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 49 married females aged 20 to 30, 48 married males aged 30 to 40, 46 married females aged 30 to 40, 44 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 married females aged 40 to 50, 40 married males aged 40 to 50, 35 married males aged 50 to 60, 29 females aged 1 to 2, 27 males aged 1 to 2, 25 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married females aged 50 to 60, 24 females aged 4 to 5, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 married males aged 20 to 30, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 18 males aged 2 to 3, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 single females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married females aged 15 to 20, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 90 to 100, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100, 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,307 French Canadians, 1 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $165,380 value farms (dollars), 43,401 bushels of potatoes, $33,464 value all livestock, 32,025 pounds of maple sugar, 21,805 pounds of homemade butter, 20,198 acres of land in farms, $15,595 value horses aged over 3 years, 12,024 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $10,850 value farm implements in dollars, 8,174 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,131 bushels of rye, 5,908 bushels of oats, 4,835 bushels of barley, 4,144 acres of farmland under crops, 4,019 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,368 bushels of peas, 2,870 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,678 bushels of spring wheat, 1,128 sheep, 952 pounds of flax or hemp, 809 tons of hay, $717 value garden and orchard crops, 555 acres of rye, 428 bulls, oxen, or steers, 414 milk cows, 409 acres of peas, 405 bushels of turnips, 382 swine, 377 acres of barley, 340 acres of oats, 317 calves and heifers, 282 barrels of pork, 242 barrels of beef, 212 occupants of farms, 201 horses aged over 3 years, 170 acres of spring wheat, 168 acres of potatoes, 134 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 120 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 110 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 101 bushels of carrots, 74 horses aged 3 years and under, 56 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 44 bushels of beans, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 11 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 3 acres of turnips, 1 acres of buckwheat, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $7,007 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 3,747 yards of flannel, 2,438 yards of fulled cloth, 1,591 yards of linen, 188 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 245 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 16 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 9, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 3 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC045009 — 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 1861 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 (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fabien-qc045009-1861/.