Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Rimouski
St. Simon, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Simon was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,266. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.214°N, 69.016°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Simon had a population of 1,266: 633 male and 633 female residents. Population density was 40.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Simon 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 | 203 |
| Number of families | 203 |
| Number of females | 633 |
| Number of males | 633 |
| Number of married females | 163 |
| Number of married males | 161 |
| Number of married persons | 324 |
| Number of widowed females | 25 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 44 |
| POP TOT | 1,266 |
| Total population | 1,266 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 445 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 453 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 898 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 164 |
| Number of occupied houses | 164 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,388 |
| Acres of potatoes | 185 |
| Acres of wheat | 658 |
| BAR BU | 3,465 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,465 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 38 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,757 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,257 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 30,029 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,035 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,113 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8 |
| HAY AC | 1,388 |
| HAY TONS | 1,412 |
| OAT BU | 8,757 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,257 |
| POT AC | 185 |
| POT BU | 30,029 |
| RYE BU | 2,035 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,412 |
| WHT AC | 658 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,113 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 101 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 448 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 45 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 295 |
| Number of shoremen | 7 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 101 |
| C UNMD F | 445 |
| C UNMD M | 453 |
| C UNMD TOT | 898 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| D OCC | 164 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 633 |
| GRA BU | 38 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 164 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| MALE | 633 |
| MD F | 163 |
| MD M | 161 |
| MD TOT | 324 |
| NET XX F | 295 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 448 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 7 |
| SLM XB Q | 45 |
| TUR BU | 8 |
| WID F | 25 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 44 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084017 — 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. Simon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-simon-qc040002-1881/.