Buckingham, Quebec (1921 census)

Buckingham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 592. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.660°N, 75.415°W.

Population

In 1921, Buckingham had a population of 592: 327 male and 265 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 was contained in Buckingham, 1911 (47.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Buckingham shared boundaries with:

• Buckingham S. E.
• Buckingham W.-O.
• Buckingham, T-V
• Derry
• Lochaber W.-O.
• Portland E.
• St. Malachie

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 592 total population, 327 males in the population, 312 males born in Canada, 265 females in the population, 256 females born in Canada, 9 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 6 males born outside the British Empire, 3 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 273 persons of British origin (Irish), 271 persons of French origin, 32 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 11 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 514 Roman Catholics, 41 Presbyterians, 37 Anglicans (Church of England). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC062008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242700

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 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). "Buckingham, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/buckingham-qc062008-1921/.