Buckingham, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Buckingham (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Buckingham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,186. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.637°N, 75.442°W.

Population

In 1891, Buckingham had a population of 2,186: 1,158 male and 1,028 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 Buckingham, Southeast—Sud-Est, 1901 (13.6% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Buckingham, 1901 (83.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Masson, VL, 1901 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Buckingham shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,186 total population, 1,158 males, 1,028 females, 642 married persons, 380 families, 321 married females, 321 married males, 65 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,479 single persons under 18, 814 single males under 18, 665 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,399 persons who are not French Canadian, 787 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 376 houses, 376 occupied houses, 373 houses built of wood, 215 houses of 1 story, 161 houses of 2 stories, 111 houses of 4 rooms, 95 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 56 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 79,621 pounds of homemade butter, 47,540 bushels of oats, 30,448 acres of land in farms, 30,054 bushels of potatoes, 15,654 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,794 acres of improved land in farms, 8,576 acres of farmland under crops, 6,316 chickens, 6,151 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,658 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,692 tons of hay, 4,625 bushels of buckwheat, 4,169 bushels of spring wheat, 4,076 acres of hay crops, 3,467 bushels of corn, 3,285 bushels of peas, 3,260 bushels of barley, 2,477 acres of oats, 2,004 sheep, 1,925 bushels of turnips, 1,078 swine, 1,016 other cattle, 946 milk cows, 778 turkeys, 736 sheep slaughtered or sold, 545 swine slaughtered or sold, 509 horses aged over 3 years, 500 bushels of rye, 385 occupants of farms, 326 cattle killed or sold, 319 acres of potatoes, 308 acres of wheat, 276 farm occupants who own their land, 263 bushels of beans, 241 acres of barley, 230 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 224 geese, 194 horses aged 3 years and under, 157 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 109 farm occupants who rent their land, 104 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 58 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 32 ducks, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 4. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC176010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC176010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q63242700

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). "Buckingham, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/buckingham-qc176010-1891/.