Victoriaville, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)
Victoriaville, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,300. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141731. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.052°N, 71.954°W.
Population
In 1891, Victoriaville, T-V had a population of 1,300: 644 male and 656 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,474 |
| 1891 | 1,300 |
| 1901 | 1,693 |
| 1911 | 3,028 |
| 1921 | 3,759 |
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 Victoriaville, T-V, 1881 (7.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Victoriaville, T-V shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,300 total population, 656 females, 644 males, 386 married persons, 227 families, 193 married females, 193 married males, 34 widowed persons, 18 widowed males, 16 widowed females, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 880 single persons under 18, 447 single females under 18, 433 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,268 French Canadians, 32 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 217 houses, 217 occupied houses, 199 houses built of wood, 191 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 52 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses built of brick, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,185 bushels of potatoes, 6,365 pounds of homemade butter, 2,085 bushels of oats, 1,450 acres of land in farms, 932 acres of improved land in farms, 827 chickens, 518 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 442 acres of farmland under crops, 389 acres of farmland in pasture, 307 acres of hay crops, 225 tons of hay, 219 occupants of farms, 204 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 182 swine, 168 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 141 acres of oats, 125 bushels of spring wheat, 125 milk cows, 119 farm occupants who own their land, 101 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 horses aged over 3 years, 99 farm occupants who rent their land, 59 sheep, 56 acres of potatoes, 55 bushels of barley, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 50 bushels of turnips, 41 bushels of beans, 36 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 30 bushels of peas, 16 oxen, 14 swine slaughtered or sold, 12 bushels of corn, 12 other fowl, 12 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 acres of wheat, 9 cattle killed or sold, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 other cattle, 3 acres of barley, 3 ducks, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Tourigny | 1852–1926 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC153030— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC038021— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141731
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriaville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriaville
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). "Victoriaville, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/victoriaville-t-v-qc153030-1891/.