Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord, Ontario (1891 census)
Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,142. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.987°N, 76.548°W.
Population
In 1891, Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord had a population of 2,142: 1,066 male and 1,076 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,142 |
| 1901 | 1,829 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Dalhousie, Sherbrooke, North Lavant, 1881 (58.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,142 total population, 1,076 females, 1,066 males, 630 married persons, 366 families, 317 married females, 313 married males, 64 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,448 single persons under 18, 733 single males under 18, 715 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,136 persons who are not French Canadian, 6 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 335 houses, 335 occupied houses, 333 houses built of wood, 189 houses of 2 stories, 148 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 146 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 52 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 75,637 pounds of homemade butter, 59,038 acres of land in farms, 54,243 bushels of oats, 33,678 bushels of potatoes, 30,393 acres of improved land in farms, 28,645 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,676 acres of farmland under crops, 15,697 bushels of peas, 11,570 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,471 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,726 chickens, 8,053 bushels of buckwheat, 7,875 bushels of spring wheat, 5,644 tons of hay, 5,334 acres of hay crops, 5,069 bushels of corn, 4,911 bushels of turnips, 4,088 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,835 sheep, 2,703 acres of oats, 2,035 bushels of rye, 1,922 other cattle, 1,745 milk cows, 1,710 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,511 bushels of winter wheat, 948 acres of wheat, 760 cattle killed or sold, 622 swine slaughtered or sold, 604 horses aged over 3 years, 553 swine, 354 turkeys, 342 occupants of farms, 341 geese, 325 farm occupants who own their land, 287 acres of potatoes, 275 bushels of beans, 221 horses aged 3 years and under, 165 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 134 bushels of barley, 127 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 102 ducks, 94 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 77 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 other fowl, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 acres of barley, 8 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON083002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON080002_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Dalhousie & Sherbrooke, North—Nord, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dalhousie-sherbrooke-north-nord-on083002-1891/.