Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1911 census)

Sorel, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 8,420. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29386656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.033°N, 73.105°W.

Population

In 1911, Sorel, City—Cité had a population of 8,420: 4,162 male and 4,258 female residents. Population density was 1052.5 people per square mile.

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 1911

In the 1911 census, Sorel, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• St. Pierre de Sorel
• Ste. Anne de Sorel

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 8,420 total population, 5,120 area in acres, 4,258 females in the population, 4,162 males in the population, 2,539 single (never-married) females, 2,485 single (never-married) males, 1,569 families, 1,539 married males, 1,510 married females, 1,052.50 population per square mile, 205 widowed females, 131 widowed males, 8 area in square miles, 3 males with marital status not given, 2 divorced males, 2 females with marital status not given, 2 legally separated males, 1 divorced females, 1 legally separated females. 7,057 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 8,162 persons of French origin, 77 persons of British origin (English), 57 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 50 persons of British origin (Irish), 14 persons of German origin, 8 persons of Chinese origin, 8 persons of Polish origin, 7 persons of Belgian origin, 4 persons of Greek origin, 2 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Russian origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 8,312 Roman Catholics, 71 Anglicans (Church of England), 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 10 Presbyterians, 7 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 6 Congregationalists, 6 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 4 Baptists, 2 Methodists, 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,518 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC191011 — 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-city-cit-qc191011-1911/.