Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Rimouski
Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Angèle de Merrici was a census subdivision in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.515°N, 68.071°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Angèle de Merrici had a population of 1,199: 634 male and 565 female residents. Population density was 25.1 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, Ste. Angèle de Merrici 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 | 197 |
| Number of families | 197 |
| Number of females | 565 |
| Number of males | 634 |
| Number of married females | 176 |
| Number of married males | 177 |
| Number of married persons | 353 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| POP TOT | 1,199 |
| Total population | 1,199 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 373 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 453 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 826 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 168 |
| Number of occupied houses | 168 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,545 |
| Acres of potatoes | 91 |
| Acres of wheat | 433 |
| BAR BU | 7,149 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 7,149 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 895 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 9,479 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 2,261 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 15,871 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 301 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,913 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 468 |
| BWT BU | 895 |
| HAY AC | 1,545 |
| HAY TONS | 973 |
| OAT BU | 9,479 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 2,261 |
| POT AC | 91 |
| POT BU | 15,871 |
| RYE BU | 301 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 973 |
| WHT AC | 433 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,913 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 239 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 373 |
| C UNMD M | 453 |
| C UNMD TOT | 826 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| COD DX K | 2 |
| D OCC | 168 |
| EEL XB Q | 3 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 565 |
| GRA BU | 25 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 168 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| MALE | 634 |
| MD F | 176 |
| MD M | 177 |
| MD TOT | 353 |
| NET XX F | 239 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 4 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 3 |
| TRT XB Q | 15 |
| TUR BU | 468 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 2 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 20 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC188010 — 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). "Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ang-le-de-merrici-qc040016-1881/.