Ste. Félicité, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Félicité was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,541. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464274. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.873°N, 67.278°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Félicité had a population of 1,541: 803 male and 738 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,088 |
| 1881 | 1,541 |
| 1901 | 1,445 |
| 1911 | 1,868 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 contained Ste. Félicité, 1871 (66.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Félicité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,541 total population, 803 males, 738 females, 433 married persons, 229 families, 219 married males, 214 married females, 34 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,074 single persons under 18, 574 single males under 18, 500 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 196 inhabited houses, 196 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,651 bushels of potatoes, 8,216 bushels of spring wheat, 5,945 bushels of barley, 3,668 bushels of oats, 2,544 bushels of peas and beans, 1,914 bushels of rye, 1,906 bushels of turnips, 832 acres of hay crops, 801 acres of wheat, 650 bushels of buckwheat, 611 tons of hay, 147 acres of potatoes, 62 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,426 quintals of cod, 561 gallons of fish oil, 385 barrels of mackerel, 133 barrels of herring or alewives, 107 fathoms of fishing nets, 77 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 71 barrels of other fish, 16 quintals of fascines fish, 2 men on fishing vessels, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 barrels of trout, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 101 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,541 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464274
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-F%C3%A9licit%C3%A9,_Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-F%C3%A9licit%C3%A9_(La_Matanie)
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. Félicité, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-f-licit-qc040025-1881/.