St. Fidèle, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Fidèle was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 836 |
| 1871 | 813 |
| 1881 | 966 |
| 1891 | 1,068 |
| 1901 | 1,150 |
| 1911 | 1,018 |
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 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 966 total population, 513 males, 453 females, 300 married persons, 171 families, 150 married females, 150 married males, 27 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 639 single persons under 18, 352 single males under 18, 287 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 144 inhabited houses, 144 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,118 bushels of potatoes, 5,965 bushels of barley, 5,182 bushels of spring wheat, 5,176 bushels of oats, 2,804 bushels of rye, 1,313 bushels of peas and beans, 724 acres of hay crops, 619 acres of wheat, 485 tons of hay, 255 bushels of buckwheat, 129 acres of potatoes, 28 bushels of turnips, 4 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 450 barrels of other fish, 77 fathoms of fishing nets, 76 barrels of herring or alewives, 4 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 13 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 966 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC152007_1881— 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/.