Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Rimouski
St. Ulric, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Ulric was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,017. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.745°N, 67.669°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Ulric had a population of 2,017: 1,051 male and 966 female residents. Population density was 31.1 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. Ulric shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 350 |
| Number of families | 350 |
| Number of females | 966 |
| Number of males | 1,051 |
| Number of married females | 308 |
| Number of married males | 310 |
| Number of married persons | 618 |
| Number of widowed females | 15 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 29 |
| POP TOT | 2,017 |
| Total population | 2,017 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 643 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 727 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,370 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 278 |
| Number of occupied houses | 278 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,073 |
| Acres of potatoes | 237 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,503 |
| BAR BU | 8,398 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 8,398 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,205 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,625 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 5,122 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 37,649 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,500 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 16,987 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 277 |
| BWT BU | 2,205 |
| CRN BU | 9 |
| HAY AC | 1,073 |
| HAY TONS | 1,025 |
| OAT BU | 8,625 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 5,122 |
| POT AC | 237 |
| POT BU | 37,649 |
| RYE BU | 1,500 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,025 |
| WHT AC | 1,503 |
| WHT SP BU | 16,987 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 40 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 16 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 220 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 101 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 19 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 40 |
| C UNMD F | 643 |
| C UNMD M | 727 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,370 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| COD DX K | 19 |
| D OCC | 278 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 966 |
| GRA BU | 24 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 278 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| MALE | 1,051 |
| MCK XB Q | 16 |
| MD F | 308 |
| MD M | 310 |
| MD TOT | 618 |
| NET XX F | 101 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 220 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 9 |
| SAR XB Q | 25 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 277 |
| WID F | 15 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 29 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193033 — 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. Ulric, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ulric-qc040023-1881/.