St. Prime, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Prime was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 956. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.598°N, 72.327°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Prime had a population of 956: 506 male and 450 female residents. Population density was 8.2 people per square mile.
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 Roberval, 1871 (19.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Prime, par., 1891 (87.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian Reserve, I R, 1891 (12.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Prime shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 167 |
| Number of families | 167 |
| Number of females | 450 |
| Number of males | 506 |
| Number of married females | 152 |
| Number of married males | 152 |
| Number of married persons | 304 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 8 |
| POP TOT | 956 |
| Total population | 956 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 295 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 349 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 644 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 136 |
| Number of occupied houses | 136 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 20 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 474 |
| Acres of potatoes | 97 |
| Acres of wheat | 645 |
| BAR BU | 2,507 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,507 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 198 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 49 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 51 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,784 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 534 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 6,060 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 8,803 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 131 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,899 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,433 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 202 |
| BWT BU | 198 |
| CRN BU | 51 |
| HAY AC | 474 |
| HAY TONS | 434 |
| OAT BU | 4,784 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 6,060 |
| POT AC | 97 |
| POT BU | 8,803 |
| RYE BU | 131 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 434 |
| WHT AC | 645 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,899 |
| WHT WTR BU | 202 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 33 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 161 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 295 |
| C UNMD M | 349 |
| C UNMD TOT | 644 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| D OCC | 136 |
| FEMALE | 450 |
| GRA BU | 49 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 136 |
| H UNINH | 20 |
| MALE | 506 |
| MD F | 152 |
| MD M | 152 |
| MD TOT | 304 |
| NET XX F | 161 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 33 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 534 |
| SLM XB Q | 7 |
| TRT XB Q | 17 |
| TUR BU | 3,433 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 4 |
| WID F | 3 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076027— 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. Prime, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-prime-qc076027-1881/.