Buckingham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
Buckingham, Town—Ville was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,239. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.586°N, 75.419°W.
Population
In 1891, Buckingham, Town—Ville had a population of 2,239: 1,191 male and 1,048 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 contained Buckingham, Village, 1881 (90.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Buckingham, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 419 |
| Number of families | 419 |
| Number of females | 1,048 |
| Number of males | 1,191 |
| Number of married females | 375 |
| Number of married males | 377 |
| Number of married persons | 752 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 39 |
| Number of widowed persons | 77 |
| POP F | 1,048 |
| POP M | 1,191 |
| POP TOT | 2,239 |
| Total population | 2,239 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 635 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 775 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,410 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,338 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 901 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 390 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 19 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 4 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 367 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 3 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 91 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 26 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 30 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 281 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 57 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 17 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 62 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 50 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 154 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 390 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 24 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 11 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 65 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,218 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 7,628 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,461 |
| Acres of hay crops | 734 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,744 |
| Acres of land in farms | 11,372 |
| Acres of oats | 384 |
| Acres of potatoes | 99 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| BAR AC | 11 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 121 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,182 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,221 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 908 |
| BWT BU | 121 |
| CRN BU | 110 |
| HAY AC | 734 |
| HAY TONS | 568 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 267 |
| Number of chickens | 1,848 |
| Number of ducks | 15 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 212 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 78 |
| Number of geese | 46 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 26 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 259 |
| Number of milk cows | 245 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 290 |
| Number of other cattle | 211 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 255 |
| Number of sheep | 74 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 195 |
| Number of swine | 206 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 187 |
| Number of turkeys | 22 |
| OAT AC | 384 |
| OAT BU | 5,182 |
| PEA BU | 100 |
| POT AC | 99 |
| POT BU | 7,221 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 263 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 36 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 8,399 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 568 |
Other recorded variables (69 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 15 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 16 |
| BUTTER LB | 8,399 |
| CATTLE KS | 267 |
| CHEESE LB | 20 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 635 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 775 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,410 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 263 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 26 |
| DUCKS | 15 |
| FAMILIES | 419 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 36 |
| FRN CA | 1,338 |
| GEESE | 46 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,848 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 259 |
| HOUSES | 390 |
| HOUSES B | 19 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 26 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 50 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 62 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 91 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 4 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 154 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 57 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 17 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 30 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 281 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 24 |
| HOUSES W | 367 |
| INF 11 A | 255 |
| MD FEM | 375 |
| MD MALE | 377 |
| MD TOT | 752 |
| MILK COWS | 245 |
| NAME CD | Ottawa, County—Comté |
| OC F | 78 |
| OC P | 212 |
| OC TOT | 290 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 211 |
| OTHERS | 901 |
| SHEEP | 74 |
| SHEEP KS | 195 |
| SUP AM | 3,744 |
| SUP FOR | 7,628 |
| SUP JV | 65 |
| SUP PAT | 1,218 |
| SUP SC | 2,461 |
| SUP TOT | 11,372 |
| SWINE | 206 |
| SWINE KS | 187 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 390 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 908 |
| TURKEY | 22 |
| WID FEM | 38 |
| WID MALE | 39 |
| WID TOT | 77 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176009— 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). "Buckingham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/buckingham-town-ville-qc176009-1891/.