Cowansville, Village, Quebec (1921 census)
Cowansville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,094. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142107. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.206°N, 72.748°W.
Population
In 1921, Cowansville, Village had a population of 1,094: 554 male and 540 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 639 |
| 1901 | 699 |
| 1911 | 881 |
| 1921 | 1,094 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, Cowansville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,094 total population, 554 males in the population, 540 females in the population, 492 males born in Canada, 479 females born in Canada, 39 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 37 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 24 females born outside the British Empire, 23 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 491 persons of French origin, 355 persons of British origin (English), 122 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 99 persons of British origin (Irish), 18 persons of Dutch origin, 2 persons of Belgian origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Chinese or Japanese origin. 4 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 522 Roman Catholics, 295 Anglicans (Church of England), 121 Congregationalists, 84 Methodists, 55 Presbyterians, 9 Baptists, 6 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 2 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC072016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC072016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142107
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowansville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowansville
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). "Cowansville, Village, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cowansville-village-qc072016-1921/.