Windsor Mills, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Windsor Mills, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.575°N, 71.997°W.
Population
In 1881, Windsor Mills, Village had a population of 879: 451 male and 428 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 879 |
| 1891 | 1,591 |
| 1901 | 2,149 |
| 1911 | 2,233 |
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 Windsor, 1871 (3.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Windsor Mills, Village shared boundaries with:
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 879 total population, 451 males, 428 females, 323 married persons, 172 families, 162 married males, 161 married females, 25 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 531 single persons under 18, 285 single males under 18, 246 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 162 inhabited houses, 162 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,210 bushels of oats, 1,193 bushels of potatoes, 348 acres of hay crops, 269 tons of hay, 144 bushels of turnips, 95 bushels of buckwheat, 86 bushels of spring wheat, 60 bushels of corn, 43 bushels of other root crops, 26 bushels of peas and beans, 12 bushels of barley, 10 acres of potatoes, 7 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 879 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:
QC053009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC192026— 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). "Windsor Mills, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/windsor-mills-village-qc053009-1881/.