Cowansville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Cowansville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 639. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142107. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.206°N, 72.748°W.
Population
In 1891, Cowansville, Village had a population of 639: 317 male and 322 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).
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 was contained in Dunham, 1881 (1.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cowansville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 639 total population, 322 females, 317 males, 232 married persons, 137 families, 116 married females, 116 married males, 35 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 372 single persons under 18, 192 single males under 18, 180 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 501 persons who are not French Canadian, 138 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 136 houses, 136 occupied houses, 97 houses built of wood, 86 houses of 2 stories, 67 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 45 houses of 1 story, 39 houses built of brick, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,629 pounds of homemade butter, 3,459 bushels of potatoes, 1,390 bushels of oats, 1,020 acres of land in farms, 834 acres of improved land in farms, 711 bushels of turnips, 681 bushels of corn, 674 bushels of barley, 551 chickens, 507 acres of farmland under crops, 502 tons of hay, 463 acres of hay crops, 337 cattle killed or sold, 287 swine slaughtered or sold, 268 sheep slaughtered or sold, 246 acres of farmland in pasture, 200 milk cows, 186 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 103 occupants of farms, 102 horses aged over 3 years, 98 bushels of spring wheat, 96 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 90 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 85 bushels of buckwheat, 81 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 77 swine, 69 farm occupants who own their land, 67 other cattle, 46 acres of oats, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 acres of potatoes, 24 acres of barley, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 bushels of beans, 16 sheep, 6 ducks, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 acres of wheat, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 oxen, 1 employees on farms, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC169002— 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 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). "Cowansville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cowansville-village-qc169002-1891/.