Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1861 census)

Sorel, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 4,778. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29386656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.033°N, 73.105°W.

Population

In 1861, Sorel, City—Cité had a population of 4,778: 2,331 male and 2,447 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sorel, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• Sorel Parish

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 4,778 total population, 2,447 females, 2,331 males, Female members of the family who are present: 2,169, Male members of the family who are present: 1,994, 1,611 single females, 1,540 single males, 758 married males, 701 married females, 397 adult males unable to read or write, Males present who are not members of the family: 337, 330 females attending school, 298 adult females unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 278, 240 males attending school, 135 widowed females, 113 male births, 104 female births, 33 widowed males, 4 lunatic males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 290 single females aged 10 to 15, 280 males aged 5 to 10, 279 single males aged 10 to 15, 267 females aged 5 to 10, 264 single females aged 15 to 20, 259 single males aged 15 to 20, 224 married females aged 20 to 30, 221 married males aged 30 to 40, 208 single females aged 20 to 30, 200 married females aged 30 to 40, 194 single males aged 20 to 30, 192 married males aged 20 to 30, 129 married females aged 40 to 50, 127 married males aged 40 to 50, 120 married males aged 50 to 60, 112 males aged 1 to 2, 111 females aged 1 to 2, 87 females age 3 to 4, 84 females aged 2 to 3, 79 males aged 3 to 4, 76 males aged 2 to 3, 67 married females aged 50 to 60, 65 males aged 4 to 5, 64 married males aged 60 to 70, 62 females aged 4 to 5, 44 married females aged 60 to 70, 43 single females aged 30 to 40, 34 females of unknown age, 33 males of unknown age, 33 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 30 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 28 single males aged 30 to 40, 28 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 26 married males aged 70 to 80, 21 married females aged 15 to 20, 21 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 20 single females aged 40 to 50, 18 single females aged 60 to 70, 14 married females aged 70 to 80, 13 single females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 10 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 married males aged 80 to 90, 5 single females aged 70 to 80, 5 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 15 to 20, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 3 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 2 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 4,167 French Canadians, 446 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 78 persons originating in Ireland, 41 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in Scotland, 6 persons originating in France, 6 persons originating in the United States, 5 persons originating in all other places, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in New Brunswick, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 1 persons originating in the West Indies. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $53,230 value farms (dollars), $27,280 value all livestock, 10,920 bushels of potatoes, 4,703 bushels of oats, $2,281 value farm implements in dollars, 2,117 pounds of homemade butter, 2,082 acres of land in farms, 1,062 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,020 acres of farmland under cultivation, 828 bushels of rye, 600 pounds of maple sugar, 576 acres of farmland under crops, 529 pounds of flax or hemp, $446 value garden and orchard crops, 441 bushels of turnips, 433 acres of farmland in pasture, 425 bushels of peas, 417 bushels of buckwheat, 352 swine, 329 pounds of wool produced on farms, 244 milk cows, 224 horses aged over 3 years, 222 acres of oats, 216 sheep, 169 bushels of barley, 147 bushels of corn, 135 bushels of spring wheat, 131 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 128 tons of hay, 106 acres of rye, 88 acres of potatoes, 67 barrels of pork, 53 calves and heifers, 32 acres of peas, 31 bulls, oxen, or steers, 31 occupants of farms, 29 acres of buckwheat, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 26 barrels of beef, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 acres of spring wheat, 12 bushels of beans, 11 acres of barley, 11 acres of farmland in gardens, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 8 acres of corn, 7 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,138 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), $3,055 value carriages for hire (dollars), 297 yards of linen, 285 carriages for pleasure, 215 yards of flannel, 181 yards of fulled cloth, 162 carriages for hire. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 90 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 50, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 40, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 19, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 18, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 9, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 6, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 5, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 6 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC043008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC082011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q29386656
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorel,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorel_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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). "Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-city-cit-qc043008-1861/.