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Year: 1851  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q106815217

St. Fabien, Quebec (1851 census)

St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 988. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.276°N, 68.838°W.

Population

In 1851, St. Fabien had a population of 988: 530 male and 458 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1851988
18611,309
18711,695
18811,816
18911,994
19011,989
19111,981
19212,182

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, St. Fabien shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 169 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 988 total population, 530 males, Male members of the family who are present: 525, 458 females, Female members of the family who are present: 451, 374 single males, 307 single females, 162 families, 148 married females, 147 married males, 32 males attending school, Male members of the family who are present: 30, 28 male births, 24 female births, 20 females attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 9 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 7, Males present who are not members of the family: 5, 3 widowed females, 2 blind females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 94 males aged 5 to 10, 77 females aged 5 to 10, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 62 single males aged 10 to 15, 55 single females aged 10 to 15, 51 married females aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 50 single females aged 15 to 20, 46 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 married males aged 20 to 30, 36 single males aged 20 to 30, 34 males aged 1 to 2, 31 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 males under age 1, 26 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 2 to 3, 21 females under age 1, 19 females aged 2 to 3, 19 single females aged 20 to 30, 18 females aged 1 to 2, 18 females aged 4 to 5, 18 married females aged 50 to 60, 17 males aged 3 to 4, 17 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 50 to 60, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 9 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 982 French Canadians, 6 persons native to Canada, not of French origin. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 105,067 tons of hay, 26,185 pounds of maple sugar, 22,183 acres of land in farms, 18,158 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,582 pounds of homemade butter, 6,295 bushels of potatoes, 4,325 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,804 bushels of barley, 3,523 bushels of rye, 3,042 bushels of oats, 2,316 acres of farmland under crops, 2,002 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,942 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,883 bushels of peas, 1,520 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,343 bushels of wheat, 1,004 sheep, 390 acres of rye, 353 acres of barley, 329 milk cows, 320 swine, 240 acres of peas, 211 occupants of farms, 209 acres of oats, 194 acres of wheat, 191 calves and heifers, 165 horses, 154 barrels of pork, 138 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 76 bulls, oxen, or steers, 74 acres of potatoes, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 barrels of beef, 20 bushels of turnips, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,097 yards of linen, 1,629 yards of fulled cloth, 1,589 yards of flannel, $1,000 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 3 saw mills, 3 saw mills not reporting, 3 saw mills powered by water, 2 employees in saw mills, 1 saw mills returning capital,   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in grist mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   foundries returning capital,   grist mills,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills powered by water,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   grist mills returning capital,   saw mill plants,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Fisheries (1851). This community's record includes 218 barrels of cured fish. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 5 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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 (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fabien-qc071012-1851/.