Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia (1881 census)
Sherbrooke was a census subdivision in Nova Scotia, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,607. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3481907. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.142°N, 61.969°W.
Population
In 1881, Sherbrooke had a population of 1,607: 820 male and 787 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,623 |
| 1881 | 1,607 |
| 1891 | 1,063 |
| 1901 | 1,021 |
| 1911 | 760 |
| 1921 | 679 |
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, Sherbrooke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,607 total population, 820 males, 787 females, 502 married persons, 288 families, 251 married females, 251 married males, 48 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,057 single persons under 18, 559 single males under 18, 498 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 288 occupied houses, 280 inhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,496 bushels of potatoes, 1,534 bushels of oats, 855 bushels of turnips, 854 tons of hay, 722 bushels of buckwheat, 534 acres of hay crops, 528 bushels of other root crops, 334 bushels of spring wheat, 42 acres of potatoes, 36 bushels of barley, 29 bushels of winter wheat, 24 acres of wheat, 6 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,758 fathoms of fishing nets, 772 quintals of cod, 676 barrels of herring or alewives, 294 gallons of fish oil, 63 barrels of salmon, 51 men on fishing boats, 37 fishing boats, 31 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 7 barrels of mackerel, 6 men on fishing vessels, 3 shoremen, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 50,664 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,607 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:
NS008007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NS010028_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3481907
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbrooke,_Nova_Scotia
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbrooke_(Nouvelle-%C3%89cosse)
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). "Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/ns/sherbrooke-ns008007-1881/.