Villers, VL, Quebec (1921 census)

Name: Villers, VL (1921)
Address: Quebec, CA

Villers, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 330. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.297°N, 72.272°W.

Population

In 1921, Villers, VL had a population of 330: 154 male and 176 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Villers vl, 1911 (89.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Villers, VL shared boundaries with:

Ste. Gertrude

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 9 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 330 total population, 176 females in the population, 172 females born in Canada, 154 males born in Canada, 154 males in the population, 4 females born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 322 persons of French origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 322 Roman Catholics, 8 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC078031 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC078031 — 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 1921 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). "Villers, VL, Quebec (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/villers-vl-qc078031-1921/.