St. Fabien, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: St. Fabien (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,309. 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 density was 19.5 people per square mile.

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 1861

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

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 312 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 8 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (25 variables)

Variable	Value
Female members of the family who are present	597
Females present who are not members of the family	38
Male members of the family who are present	620
Males present who are not members of the family	54
Number of adult females unable to read or write	97
Number of adult males unable to read or write	169
Number of blind males	1
Number of female births in the past year	14
Number of females	635
Number of females attending school	116
Number of lunatic females	1
Number of male births in the past year	22
Number of males	674
Number of males attending school	116
Number of married females	175
Number of married males	166
Number of single females	425
Number of single males	487
Number of widowed females	35
Number of widowed males	21
POP FX N.1	635
POP MX N.1	674
POP TOT	1,309
POP XX N.1	1,309
Total population	1,309

Age structure (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of females age 3 to 4	25
Number of females aged 1 to 2	29
Number of females aged 2 to 3	25
Number of females aged 4 to 5	24
Number of females aged 5 to 10	96
Number of males aged 1 to 2	27
Number of males aged 2 to 3	18
Number of males aged 3 to 4	24
Number of males aged 4 to 5	22
Number of males aged 5 to 10	106
Number of married females aged 15 to 20	4
Number of married females aged 20 to 30	49
Number of married females aged 30 to 40	46
Number of married females aged 40 to 50	43
Number of married females aged 50 to 60	25
Number of married females aged 60 to 70	7
Number of married females aged 70 to 80	1
Number of married males aged 15 to 20	1
Number of married males aged 20 to 30	23
Number of married males aged 30 to 40	48
Number of married males aged 40 to 50	40
Number of married males aged 50 to 60	35
Number of married males aged 60 to 70	10
Number of married males aged 70 to 80	8
Number of married males aged 80 to 90	1
Number of married males aged 90 to 100	1
Number of single females aged 10 to 15	79
Number of single females aged 15 to 20	76
Number of single females aged 20 to 30	44
Number of single females aged 30 to 40	6
Number of single females aged 40 to 50	5
Number of single females aged 50 to 60	2
Number of single females aged 90 to 100	1
Number of single males aged 10 to 15	88
Number of single males aged 15 to 20	68
Number of single males aged 20 to 30	87
Number of single males aged 30 to 40	14
Number of single males aged 40 to 50	8
Number of single males aged 50 to 60	1
Number of single males aged 70 to 80	2
Number of single males aged 90 to 100	1
Number of widowed females aged 20 to 30	2
Number of widowed females aged 30 to 40	3
Number of widowed females aged 40 to 50	6
Number of widowed females aged 50 to 60	12
Number of widowed females aged 60 to 70	7
Number of widowed females aged 70 to 80	5
Number of widowed females aged 90 to 100	3
Number of widowed males aged 20 to 30	1
Number of widowed males aged 30 to 40	4
Number of widowed males aged 40 to 50	7
Number of widowed males aged 50 to 60	7
Number of widowed males aged 70 to 80	1
Number of widowed males aged 80 to 90	1

Ethnic origin (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	4,307
Number of persons native to Canada, not of French origin	1
Number of persons originating in England or Wales	1

Agriculture (71 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	377
Acres of buckwheat	1
Acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers	120
Acres of farmland in gardens	11
Acres of farmland in pasture	4,019
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	12,024
Acres of farmland under crops	4,144
Acres of farmland under cultivation	8,174
Acres of land in farms	20,198
Acres of mangel wurtzel	1
Acres of oats	340
Acres of peas	409
Acres of potatoes	168
Acres of rye	555
Acres of spring wheat	170
Acres of turnips	3
Barrels of beef produced in the past year	242
Barrels of pork produced in the past year	282
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	4,835
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	44
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	6
Bushels of carrots produced in the past year	101
Bushels of mangel wurtzel produced in the past year	110
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,908
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	3,368
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	43,401
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	7,131
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,678
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	405
C20 WHT SP AC	170
C21 WHT SP BU	1,678
C22 BAR AC	377
C23 BAR BU	4,835
C24 RYE AC	555
C25 RYE BU	7,131
C26 PEA AC	409
C27 PEA BU	3,368
C28 OAT AC	340
C29 OAT BU	5,908
C30 BWT AC	1
C31 BWT BU	6
C34 POT AC	168
C35 POT BU	43,401
C43 HAY TONS	809
C47 WOOL LBS	2,870
C63 BEEF BAR	242
C64 PORK BAR	282
HRS ov03 V	15,595
Number of bulls, oxen, or steers	428
Number of calves and heifers	317
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	74
Number of horses aged over 3 years	201
Number of milk cows	414
Number of occupants of farms	212
Number of persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres	56
Number of persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres	134
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	9
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	1
Number of sheep	1,128
Number of swine	382
Pounds of flax or hemp produced in the past year	952
Pounds of homemade butter	21,805
Pounds of maple sugar produced in the past year	32,025
Pounds of wool produced on farms in the past year	2,870
Tons of hay produced in the past year	809
Value of all livestock	33,464
Value of farm implements in dollars	10,850
Value of farms (dollars)	165,380
Value of garden and orchard crops produced in the past year	717

Manufacturing & industry (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of carriages for pleasure	188
Value of carriages for pleasure (dollars)	7,007
Yards of flannel produced in the past year	3,747
Yards of fulled cloth produced in the past year	2,438
Yards of linen produced in the past year	1,591

Fisheries (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Barrels of salted fish sold in the past year	245

Deaths & mortality (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2	1
Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20	3
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 70 to 80	2
Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100	1
Deaths in the past year among females of all ages	9
Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3	2
Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10	1
Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100	3
Deaths in the past year among males of all ages	7
Total number of deaths in the past year	16

Other recorded variables (138 variables)

Variable	Value
C01 TOTAL	212
C02 OCC UNDR 10	1
C03 OCC 10 TO 20	1
C04 OCC 20 TO 50	11
C05 OCC 50 TO 100	134
C06 OCC 100 TO 200	56
C07 OCC OVR 200	9
C08 HELD	20,198
C09 UNDR CULT	8,174
C1 Males	674
C10 UNDR CROP	4,144
C100 Between 90 and 100 years Married M	1
C101 Between 90 and 100 years Single M	1
C104 Between 90 and 100 years Single F	1
C105 Between 90 and 100 years Widows F	3
C106 Between 90 and 100 years Deaths M	3
C107 Between 90 and 100 years Deaths F	1
C11 UNDR PAST	4,019
C12 GARDENS	11
C12 Under 2 Years M	27
C120 Married M	166
C121 Single M	487
C122 Widowed M	21
C123 Total M	674
C124 Married F	175
C125 Single F	425
C126 Widows F	35
C127 Total F	635
C128 Grand Total	1,309
C129 Deaths M	7
C13 Under 2 Years F	29
C13 WOOD WILD	12,024
C130 Deaths F	9
C131 Deaths Total	16
C136 Attending School M	116
C137 Attending School F	116
C138 Adults unable to read or write M	169
C139 Adults unable to read or write F	97
C14 CASH FARM	165,380
C142 Blind M	1
C145 Lunatics F	1
C15 CASH IMP	10,850
C15 Deaths under 2 years F	1
C16 GARDN VALUE	717
C16 Under 3 years M	18
C17 LAND HELD	120
C17 Under 3 years F	25
C18 Deaths under 3 years M	2
C19 Deaths under 3 years F	1
C2 Females	635
C20 Under 4 years M	24
C21 Under 4 years F	25
C24 Under 5 years M	22
C25 Under 5 years F	24
C28 Between 5 and 10 Years M	106
C29 Between 5 and 10 years F	96
C3 Total	1,309
C30 Deaths between 5 and 10 years M	1
C33 Between 10 and 15 years Single M	88
C35 Between 10 and 15 years Single F	79
C36 Between 10 and 15 years Deaths M	1
C36 TUR AC	3
C37 TUR BU	405
C38 Between 15 and 20 years Married M	1
C38 CAR BU	101
C39 Between 15 and 20 years Single M	68
C39 MAN WURT AC	1
C4 Members of Family M	620
C40 Between 15 and 20 years Married F	4
C40 MAN WURT BU	110
C41 BEN BU	44
C41 Between 15 and 20 years Single F	76
C43 Between 15 and 20 years Deaths F	3
C44 Between 20 and 30 years Married M	23
C45 Between 20 and 30 years Single M	87
C45 MPL SGR LBS	32,025
C46 Between 20 and 30 years Widowers M	1
C47 Between 20 and 30 years Married F	49
C48 Between 20 and 30 years Single F	44
C48 FLLD CLOTH YRDS	2,438
C49 Between 20 and 30 years Widows F	2
C49 FLAN YRDS	3,747
C5 Members of Family F	597
C50 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths M	1
C50 FLX HEM LBS	952
C51 Between 20 and 30 years Deaths F	1
C51 LIN YRDS	1,591
C52 Between 30 and 40 years Married M	48
C52 BULLS OX STEERS	428
C53 Between 30 and 40 years Single M	14
C53 MILK COWS	414
C54 Between 30 and 40 years Widowers M	4
C54 CALVES HEIFERS	317
C55 Between 30 and 40 years Married F	46
C55 HORSES	201
C56 Between 30 and 40 years Single F	6
C56 HORSES VAL	15,595
C57 Between 30 and 40 years Widows F	3
C57 COLTS FILLIES	74
C58 SHEEP	1,128
C59 Between 30 and 40 years Deaths F	1
C59 SWINE	382
C6 Not Members of Family M	54
C60 Between 40 and 50 years Married M	40
C60 TOT VALUE	33,464
C61 Between 40 and 50 years Single M	8
C61 BUTTER LB	21,805
C62 Between 40 and 50 years Widowers M	7
C63 Between 40 and 50 years Married F	43
C64 Between 40 and 50 years Single F	5
C65 Between 40 and 50 years Widows F	6
C66 FISH SALTED	245
C68 Between 50 and 60 years Married M	35
C68 CAR PLEASURE	188
C69 Between 50 and 60 years Single M	1
C69 VALUE DOL P	7,007
C7 Not Members of Family F	38
C70 Between 50 and 60 years Widowers M	7
C71 Between 50 and 60 years Married F	25
C72 Between 50 and 60 years Single F	2
C73 Between 50 and 60 years Widows F	12
C76 Between 60 and 70 years Married M	10
C79 Between 60 and 70 years Married F	7
C8 Births in 1860 M	22
C81 Between 60 and 70 years Widows F	7
C84 Between 70 and 80 years Married M	8
C85 Between 70 and 80 years Single M	2
C86 Between 70 and 80 years Widowers M	1
C87 Between 70 and 80 years Married F	1
C89 Between 70 and 80 years Widows F	5
C9 Births in 1860 F	14
C91 Between 70 and 80 years Deaths F	2
C92 Between 80 and 90 years Married M	1
C94 Between 80 and 90 years Widowers M	1
CD NAME	Rimouski
England and Wales	1
Natives of Canada French Origin	1,307
Natives of Canada Not of French Origin	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC045009 — 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 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/.