St. Patrice de Sherrington, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Patrice de Sherrington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,838. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.156°N, 73.525°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Patrice de Sherrington had a population of 1,838: 939 male and 899 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,838 |
| 1891 | 1,815 |
| 1901 | 1,410 |
| 1911 | 1,370 |
| 1921 | 1,436 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Patrice de Sherrington shared boundaries with:
- Hemmingford
- St. Bernard de Lacolle
- St. Cyprien
- St. Edouard
- St. Jacques le Mineur
- St. Jean Chrysostôme
- St. Michel
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 1,838 total population, 939 males, 899 females, 546 married persons, 321 families, 273 married females, 273 married males, 60 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,232 single persons under 18, 645 single males under 18, 587 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 287 inhabited houses, 287 occupied houses, 45 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 92,988 bushels of oats, 33,895 bushels of potatoes, 15,346 bushels of peas and beans, 13,954 bushels of buckwheat, 7,713 bushels of spring wheat, 6,360 bushels of corn, 3,434 bushels of barley, 2,357 acres of hay crops, 2,344 tons of hay, 1,300 bushels of other root crops, 726 acres of wheat, 637 bushels of turnips, 251 acres of potatoes, 86 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,838 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:
QC070005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC077004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463101
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
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). "St. Patrice de Sherrington, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-patrice-de-sherrington-qc070005-1881/.