Buckingham, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
Buckingham, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,239. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2927470. 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 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,239 total population, 1,191 males, 1,048 females, 752 married persons, 419 families, 377 married males, 375 married females, 77 widowed persons, 39 widowed males, 38 widowed females, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,410 single persons under 18, 775 single males under 18, 635 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,338 French Canadians, 901 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 390 houses, 390 occupied houses, 367 houses built of wood, 281 houses of 2 stories, 154 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 91 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 uninhabited houses, 19 houses built of brick, 17 houses of 3 stories, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,372 acres of land in farms, 8,399 pounds of homemade butter, 7,628 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,221 bushels of potatoes, 5,182 bushels of oats, 3,744 acres of improved land in farms, 2,461 acres of farmland under crops, 1,848 chickens, 1,218 acres of farmland in pasture, 908 bushels of turnips, 734 acres of hay crops, 568 tons of hay, 384 acres of oats, 290 occupants of farms, 267 cattle killed or sold, 263 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 259 horses aged over 3 years, 255 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 245 milk cows, 212 farm occupants who own their land, 211 other cattle, 206 swine, 200 bushels of barley, 195 sheep slaughtered or sold, 187 swine slaughtered or sold, 121 bushels of buckwheat, 110 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of peas, 99 acres of potatoes, 78 farm occupants who rent their land, 74 sheep, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 geese, 36 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 turkeys, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 16 bushels of beans, 15 ducks, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 acres of barley, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 oxen, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Maclaren | 1818–1892 | died here |
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: Q2927470
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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/.