St. Fabien, Quebec (1871 census)
St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,695. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.276°N, 68.838°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Fabien had a population of 1,695: 897 male and 798 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 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Fabien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,695 total population, 897 males, 798 females, 490 married persons, 294 families, 245 married females, 245 married males, 25 widowed persons, 15 widowed males, 10 widowed females. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,180 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 543 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 209 inhabited houses, 209 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 253,920 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC167003— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fabien-qc167003-1871/.