Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1851 census)

Sorel, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,424. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29386656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.033°N, 73.105°W.

Population

In 1851, Sorel, City—Cité had a population of 3,424: 1,657 male and 1,767 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Sorel, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• Sorel Parish

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 200 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,424 total population, 1,767 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,665, 1,657 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,528, 1,067 single females, 1,038 single males, 599 families, 584 married males, 581 married females, 228 males attending school, 186 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 129, 119 widowed females, Females present who are not members of the family: 102, Male members of the family who are present: 90, 80 female births, 52 male births, Female members of the family who are absent: 40, 35 widowed males, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 221 married females aged 20 to 30, 208 females aged 5 to 10, 199 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single females aged 10 to 15, 196 single males aged 10 to 15, 194 single females aged 15 to 20, 188 single males aged 15 to 20, 165 married males aged 20 to 30, 149 married males aged 30 to 40, 138 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 married males aged 40 to 50, 105 married females aged 40 to 50, 104 single females aged 20 to 30, 103 single males aged 20 to 30, 87 married males aged 50 to 60, 82 females under age 1, 78 females aged 1 to 2, 71 married females aged 50 to 60, 69 males aged 1 to 2, 69 males aged 4 to 5, 64 females aged 2 to 3, 64 males aged 2 to 3, 64 males under age 1, 59 males aged 3 to 4, 56 females age 3 to 4, 55 females aged 4 to 5, 47 married males aged 60 to 70, 34 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 22 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 21 married females aged 60 to 70, 18 married females aged 15 to 20, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 18 single males aged 30 to 40, 18 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 11 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 10 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single females aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 70 to 80, 6 single males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 90 to 100, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 2,671 French Canadians, 480 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 133 persons originating in Ireland, 57 persons originating in England or Wales, 39 persons originating in Scotland, 28 persons originating in the United States, 8 persons originating in all other places, 8 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 17,450 tons of hay, 3,645 bushels of potatoes, 3,342 bushels of oats, 1,942 acres of land in farms, 1,499 bushels of turnips, 988 acres of farmland under cultivation, 954 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 728 bushels of wheat, 616 acres of farmland under crops, 420 bushels of rye, 400 pounds of maple sugar, 375 swine, 366 acres of farmland in pasture, 330 pounds of homemade butter, 319 bushels of buckwheat, 284 bushels of peas, 274 pounds of wool produced on farms, 270 bushels of corn, 229 milk cows, 204 horses, 202 pounds of flax or hemp, 200 acres of oats, 190 sheep, 112 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 107 bushels of carrots, 84 acres of rye, 80 acres of wheat, 74 pounds of tobacco, 51 acres of potatoes, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 calves and heifers, 40 acres of buckwheat, 32 acres of peas, 28 occupants of farms, 27 acres of corn, 18 bushels of beans, 12 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 9 barrels of pork, 9 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 bushels of barley, 6 bulls, oxen, or steers, 6 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 1 acres of barley, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 253 yards of fulled cloth, 196 yards of linen, 124 yards of flannel, $50 value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), 3 employees in grist mills, 1 breweries not reporting, 1 breweries reporting, 1 foundries, 1 foundries not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 grist mills returning capital, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting annual production,   saw mills,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 60 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 29, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 12, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

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 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC070003 — 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 1851 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 (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-city-cit-qc070003-1851/.