Sherbrooke, South, Ontario (1861 census)

Sherbrooke, South was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 731. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.813°N, 76.515°W.

Population

In 1861, Sherbrooke, South had a population of 731: 384 male and 347 female residents.

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 Bathurst & Sherbrooke South, 1851 (39.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sherbrooke, South shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Bedford
• Crosby, North
• Dalhousie
• Oso
• Sherbrooke, North

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 731 total population, 384 males, Male members of the family who are present: 347, 347 females, Female members of the family who are present: 337, 278 single males, 254 single females, 95 married males, 88 married females, 47 males attending school, 44 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 37, 15 female births, 12 male births, 11 widowed males, Females present who are not members of the family: 10, 7 adult females unable to read or write, 6 adult males unable to read or write, 5 widowed females, 1 blind males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 58 single males aged 20 to 30, 55 females aged 5 to 10, 54 single males aged 15 to 20, 51 single females aged 15 to 20, 50 single males aged 10 to 15, 49 males aged 5 to 10, 43 single females aged 10 to 15, 33 married males aged 30 to 40, 28 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 married females aged 30 to 40, 21 single females aged 20 to 30, 19 females aged 4 to 5, 19 married males aged 40 to 50, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 18 married males aged 20 to 30, 17 females aged 2 to 3, 16 females age 3 to 4, 15 married males aged 50 to 60, 11 females aged 1 to 2, 11 males aged 2 to 3, 11 males aged 3 to 4, 10 males aged 4 to 5, 9 males aged 1 to 2, 7 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 6 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 single females aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 526 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 170 persons originating in Ireland, 15 persons originating in Scotland, 11 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 French Canadians, 4 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 1, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 1, 1 total number of deaths. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON082015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON082015 — 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 1861 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, South, Ontario (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sherbrooke-south-on082015-1861/.