Drummondville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)

Drummondville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 900. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141940. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.880°N, 72.482°W.

Population

In 1881, Drummondville, Town—Ville had a population of 900: 479 male and 421 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Grantham, 1871 (1.4% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Drummondville, Town—Ville, 1891 (40.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Drummondville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Grantham

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 900 total population, 479 males, 421 females, 311 married persons, 201 families, 159 married males, 152 married females, 26 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 563 single persons under 18, 310 single males under 18, 253 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 126 inhabited houses, 126 occupied houses, 4 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,409 bushels of oats, 1,933 bushels of potatoes, 286 bushels of peas and beans, 282 bushels of buckwheat, 265 tons of hay, 246 acres of hay crops, 219 bushels of spring wheat, 92 bushels of turnips, 57 bushels of corn, 39 bushels of barley, 39 bushels of other root crops, 24 acres of wheat, 21 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 900 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC052014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141940
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummondville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummondville

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Drummondville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/drummondville-town-ville-qc052014-1881/.