Victoriaville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Victoriaville, Village was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,474. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.047°N, 71.983°W.
Population
In 1881, Victoriaville, Village had a population of 1,474: 724 male and 750 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Victoriaville, Town—Ville, 1891 (7.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Victoriaville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 269 |
| Number of families | 269 |
| Number of females | 750 |
| Number of males | 724 |
| Number of married females | 226 |
| Number of married males | 232 |
| Number of married persons | 458 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 39 |
| POP TOT | 1,474 |
| Total population | 1,474 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 500 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 477 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 977 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 235 |
| Number of occupied houses | 236 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 726 |
| Acres of potatoes | 80 |
| Acres of wheat | 109 |
| BAR BU | 593 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 593 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 975 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 38 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 172 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,865 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 83 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,147 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,683 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,023 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 496 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| BWT BU | 975 |
| CRN BU | 172 |
| HAY AC | 726 |
| HAY TONS | 997 |
| OAT BU | 14,865 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,147 |
| POT AC | 80 |
| POT BU | 9,683 |
| RYE BU | 97 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 997 |
| WHT AC | 109 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,023 |
| WHT WTR BU | 14 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 500 |
| C UNMD M | 477 |
| C UNMD TOT | 977 |
| D OCC | 236 |
| FEMALE | 750 |
| GRA BU | 38 |
| H INHAB | 235 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 724 |
| MD F | 226 |
| MD M | 232 |
| MD TOT | 458 |
| NUMBER CD | 52 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 83 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 496 |
| WID F | 24 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 39 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC052016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Victoriaville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/victoriaville-village-qc052016-1881/.