Sherbrooke S, Ontario (1891 census)
Sherbrooke S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.813°N, 76.515°W.
Population
In 1891, Sherbrooke S had a population of 984: 505 male and 479 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 833 |
| 1881 | 948 |
| 1891 | 984 |
| 1901 | 924 |
| 1911 | 742 |
| 1921 | 770 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Sherbrooke S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 984 total population, 505 males, 479 females, 305 married persons, 179 families, 154 married females, 151 married males, 29 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 650 single persons under 18, 345 single males under 18, 305 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 983 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 177 houses, 177 occupied houses, 174 houses built of wood, 119 houses of 2 stories, 74 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 1 story, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,523 pounds of homemade butter, 27,328 acres of land in farms, 17,694 bushels of oats, 14,918 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,968 bushels of potatoes, 12,410 acres of improved land in farms, 6,506 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,831 acres of farmland under crops, 4,443 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,376 bushels of spring wheat, 3,013 chickens, 2,560 bushels of peas, 2,430 tons of hay, 2,368 acres of hay crops, 2,077 sheep, 1,795 bushels of corn, 1,415 bushels of buckwheat, 1,324 bushels of rye, 1,103 acres of oats, 895 bushels of turnips, 742 milk cows, 706 bushels of winter wheat, 610 other cattle, 549 sheep slaughtered or sold, 466 acres of wheat, 291 swine slaughtered or sold, 263 horses aged over 3 years, 249 cattle killed or sold, 239 swine, 212 turkeys, 197 geese, 174 occupants of farms, 156 farm occupants who own their land, 153 bushels of barley, 135 acres of potatoes, 102 horses aged 3 years and under, 82 ducks, 76 bushels of beans, 68 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 acres of barley, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 acres of turnips, 3 other fowl, 2 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON084009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON123014_1911— 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). "Sherbrooke S, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sherbrooke-s-on084009-1891/.