St. Fidèle, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Fidèle was a census subdivision in Charlevoix County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 966. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.784°N, 70.021°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Fidèle had a population of 966: 513 male and 453 female residents. Population density was 13.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 600 |
| 1861 | 836 |
| 1871 | 813 |
| 1881 | 966 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 1,150 |
| 1911 | 1,018 |
| 1921 | 1,067 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Fidèle, 1871 (74.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Fidèle shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 171 |
| Number of families | 171 |
| Number of females | 453 |
| Number of males | 513 |
| Number of married females | 150 |
| Number of married males | 150 |
| Number of married persons | 300 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| POP TOT | 966 |
| Total population | 966 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 287 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 352 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 639 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 144 |
| Number of occupied houses | 144 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 724 |
| Acres of potatoes | 129 |
| Acres of wheat | 619 |
| BAR BU | 5,965 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,965 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 255 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,176 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,313 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 12,118 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,804 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,182 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 28 |
| BWT BU | 255 |
| HAY AC | 724 |
| HAY TONS | 485 |
| OAT BU | 5,176 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,313 |
| POT AC | 129 |
| POT BU | 12,118 |
| RYE BU | 2,804 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 485 |
| WHT AC | 619 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,182 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 76 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 450 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 13 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 77 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 76 |
| C UNMD F | 287 |
| C UNMD M | 352 |
| C UNMD TOT | 639 |
| CD NAME | Charlevoix |
| D OCC | 144 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 453 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 144 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 513 |
| MD F | 150 |
| MD M | 150 |
| MD TOT | 300 |
| NET XX F | 77 |
| NUMBER CD | 77 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 450 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 4 |
| SAR XB Q | 13 |
| TUR BU | 28 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 27 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048007_1851— 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 1881 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. Fidèle, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fid-le-qc077002-1881/.