Cowansville, Village, Quebec (1911 census)
Cowansville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 881. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142107. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.206°N, 72.748°W.
Population
In 1911, Cowansville, Village had a population of 881: 436 male and 445 female residents. Population density was 626.6 people per square mile.
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 1911
In the 1911 census, Cowansville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 900 area in acres, 881 total population, 626.60 population per square mile, 445 females in the population, 436 males in the population, 260 single (never-married) males, 254 single (never-married) females, 196 families, 163 married females, 162 married males, 28 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 1.41 area in square miles. 699 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 315 persons of French origin, 284 persons of British origin (English), 103 persons of British origin (Irish), 60 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 5 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Chinese origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 336 Roman Catholics, 285 Anglicans (Church of England), 124 Congregationalists, 107 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 101 Methodists, 17 Presbyterians, 10 Baptists, 3 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Adventists, 2 Jews. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 184 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC175014— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cowansville-village-qc175014-1911/.