Bowman & Villeneuve, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Bowman & Villeneuve (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Bowman & Villeneuve was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 634. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.906°N, 75.572°W.

Population

In 1891, Bowman & Villeneuve had a population of 634: 333 male and 301 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Villeneuve, 1901 (61.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Bowman, 1901 (38.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bowman & Villeneuve shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 634 total population, 333 males, 301 females, 196 married persons, 104 families, 98 married females, 98 married males, 15 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 423 single persons under 18, 228 single males under 18, 195 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 454 French Canadians, 180 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 104 occupied houses, 101 houses, 101 houses built of wood, 92 houses of 1 story, 35 houses of 1 room, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 9 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,062 acres of land in farms, 15,254 bushels of oats, 13,058 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,240 pounds of homemade butter, 7,127 bushels of potatoes, 4,004 acres of improved land in farms, 3,554 bushels of peas, 2,745 acres of farmland under crops, 2,623 bushels of buckwheat, 1,299 chickens, 1,221 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,215 acres of hay crops, 1,063 tons of hay, 964 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 961 acres of oats, 570 bushels of turnips, 373 bushels of barley, 333 sheep, 285 other cattle, 252 bushels of spring wheat, 227 milk cows, 212 swine, 160 swine slaughtered or sold, 144 acres of potatoes, 137 horses aged over 3 years, 98 occupants of farms, 92 farm occupants who own their land, 80 bushels of corn, 70 sheep slaughtered or sold, 50 bushels of rye, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 44 cattle killed or sold, 38 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 acres of wheat, 33 ducks, 32 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 geese, 22 acres of barley, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 turkeys, 19 bushels of beans, 9 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 other fowl, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC176008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC176008 — 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 1891 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). "Bowman & Villeneuve, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bowman-villeneuve-qc176008-1891/.