St. Fabien, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Fabien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,994. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815217. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.276°N, 68.839°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Fabien had a population of 1,994: 1,020 male and 974 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 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Fabien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,994 total population, 1,020 males, 974 females, 523 married persons, 302 families, 262 married females, 261 married males, 54 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,417 single persons under 18, 737 single males under 18, 680 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,983 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 244 houses, 244 houses built of wood, 244 occupied houses, 151 houses of 1 story, 71 houses of 2 stories, 52 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 1 room, 43 uninhabited houses, 41 houses of 3 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 3 stories, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 54,787 pounds of homemade butter, 38,055 bushels of potatoes, 34,767 acres of land in farms, 17,716 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,159 bushels of oats, 17,051 acres of improved land in farms, 9,719 acres of farmland under crops, 7,280 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,907 bushels of spring wheat, 6,076 acres of hay crops, 4,630 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,333 tons of hay, 2,494 bushels of barley, 2,456 chickens, 2,216 sheep, 2,205 bushels of peas, 1,633 bushels of rye, 1,505 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,475 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,357 acres of oats, 1,242 milk cows, 877 swine, 857 acres of wheat, 772 swine slaughtered or sold, 581 bushels of turnips, 464 other cattle, 402 cattle killed or sold, 320 horses aged over 3 years, 259 acres of potatoes, 258 occupants of farms, 256 acres of barley, 247 farm occupants who own their land, 85 horses aged 3 years and under, 80 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 69 oxen, 61 bushels of buckwheat, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 51 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 geese, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 other fowl, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 acres of turnips, 5 ducks, 1 bushels of beans, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC183019— 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 1891 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 (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fabien-qc183019-1891/.