Bishops Crossing, VL, Quebec (1921 census)
Bishops Crossing, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 300. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.589°N, 71.579°W.
Population
In 1921, Bishops Crossing, VL had a population of 300: 157 male and 143 female residents.
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 Dudswell, 1911 (5.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Bishops Crossing, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 300 total population, 157 males in the population, 143 females in the population, 142 males born in Canada, 131 females born in Canada, 10 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 8 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 males born outside the British Empire, 4 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 181 persons of British origin (English), 46 persons of British origin (Irish), 37 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 34 persons of French origin, 1 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 135 Methodists, 95 Anglicans (Church of England), 36 Roman Catholics, 15 Presbyterians, 8 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 3 Congregationalists, 2 Adventists. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC099017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC099017— 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 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). "Bishops Crossing, VL, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bishops-crossing-vl-qc099017-1921/.