Sherbrooke (1861–1921), Quebec
Sherbrooke (1861–1921) was a Census Division in Quebec as recorded in the 1861–1921 Canadian census series. It comprised the constituent Census Subdivisions listed below for each year it appears in the published volumes. This CD is grounded to Wikidata Q2991427.
Population trajectory across census years
Aggregate population summed from constituent Census Subdivisions in this Census Division each year. Where the published 1851–1921 census volumes report a CD-level total, the figures should match within rounding; for cities split into wards, the per-CSD sum may diverge from the published CD aggregate.
| Year | Population | CSDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 5,899 | 5 |
| 1871 | 8,516 | 3 |
| 1881 | 12,221 | 7 |
| 1891 | 16,088 | 7 |
| 1901 | 18,426 | 8 |
| 1911 | 23,211 | 6 |
| 1921 | 31,356 | 8 |
Constituent Census Subdivisions by year
1861 census
- Ascot wd (pop 2,200)
- Orford wd (pop 725)
- Sherbrooke, East (pop 439)
- Sherbrooke, North (pop 735)
- Sherbrooke, South (pop 1,800)
1871 census
1881 census
- Ascot wd (pop 2,970)
- Lennoxville, Village wd (pop 788)
- Orford wd (pop 1,236)
- Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,295)
- Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier (pop 1,124)
- Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier (pop 1,861)
- Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier (pop 1,947)
1891 census
- Ascot wd (pop 3,934)
- Lennoxville, Village wd (pop 960)
- Orford wd (pop 1,097)
- Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,627)
- Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,192)
- Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,350)
- Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,928)
1901 census
- Ascot wd (pop 3,702)
- Lennoxville, Village wd (pop 1,120)
- Orford wd (pop 1,096)
- Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,628)
- Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,774)
- Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier (pop 2,791)
- Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier (pop 3,572)
- St. Elie d'Orford wd (pop 743)
1911 census
- Ascot wd (pop 2,799)
- Ascot t-v wd (pop 770)
- Lennoxville, Village wd (pop 1,211)
- Orford wd (pop 1,256)
- Sherbrooke, C wd (pop 16,405)
- St. Elie d'Orford wd (pop 770)
1921 census
- Ascot wd (pop 2,603)
- Ascot, T-V wd (pop 936)
- Lennoxville, Village wd (pop 1,554)
- Orford wd (pop 869)
- Petit Lac Magog, VL (pop 42)
- Rock Forest wd (pop 886)
- Sherbrooke, C wd (pop 23,515)
- St. Elie d'Orford wd (pop 951)
Lineage
Boundary changes connecting this Census Division to others in the 1851–1921 series, derived from spatial polygon overlap across census-year boundary files.
- Split off from Sherbrooke (1851) in 1861.
Identifiers
- HGIS Canada CD ID:
CD_QC_Sherbrooke_1861 - Wikidata: Q2991427
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke
Sources
Census Division boundaries derived from the
Canadian Peoples / TCP
1851–1921 Census Subdivision boundary files (NAME_CD_<year> attributes,
hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan).
Constituent-CSD memberships use the P10_falls_within CIDOC-CRM relationships
emitted by the spatial CIDOC builder. Wikidata grounding for Census Divisions performed via the
HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph
project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology
page for the full data pipeline.