St. Valérien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Valérien was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 199. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463479. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.322°N, 68.638°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Valérien had a population of 199: 108 male and 91 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 199 |
| 1891 | 814 |
| 1901 | 846 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 893 |
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. Valérien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 58 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 33 |
| Number of families | 33 |
| Number of females | 91 |
| Number of males | 108 |
| Number of married females | 33 |
| Number of married males | 33 |
| Number of married persons | 66 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 2 |
| POP TOT | 199 |
| Total population | 199 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 56 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 75 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 131 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 32 |
| Number of occupied houses | 32 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 97 |
| Acres of potatoes | 24 |
| Acres of wheat | 56 |
| BAR BU | 1,128 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,128 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 222 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 228 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,216 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 400 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 581 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 75 |
| BWT BU | 224 |
| HAY AC | 97 |
| HAY TONS | 57 |
| OAT BU | 222 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 228 |
| POT AC | 24 |
| POT BU | 2,216 |
| RYE BU | 400 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 57 |
| WHT AC | 56 |
| WHT SP BU | 581 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 56 |
| C UNMD M | 75 |
| C UNMD TOT | 131 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| D OCC | 32 |
| FEMALE | 91 |
| GRA BU | 4 |
| H INHAB | 32 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| MALE | 108 |
| MD F | 33 |
| MD M | 33 |
| MD TOT | 66 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| TUR BU | 75 |
| WID F | 2 |
| WID TOT | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463479
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. Valérien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-val-rien-qc040005-1881/.