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Year: 1881  |  Province: Quebec

Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)

Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,295. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.402°N, 71.894°W.

Population

In 1881, Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,295: 1,139 male and 1,156 female residents. Population density was 14134.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18812,295
18912,627
19012,628

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (12 variables)
VariableValue
FAM NO418
Number of families418
Number of females1,156
Number of males1,139
Number of married females370
Number of married males365
Number of married persons735
Number of widowed females70
Number of widowed males18
Number of widowed persons88
POP TOT2,295
Total population2,295
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18716
Number of single males under 18756
Number of single persons under 181,472
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses under construction3
Number of inhabited houses280
Number of occupied houses280
Number of uninhabited houses2
Agriculture (14 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of hay crops2
Acres of potatoes1
Bushels of corn produced in the past year4
Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year34
Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year2
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year65
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year38
CRN BU4
HAY AC2
HAY TONS4
PEA AND BEN BU2
POT AC1
POT BU65
Tons of hay produced in the past year4
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
VariableValue
C UNMD F716
C UNMD M756
C UNMD TOT1,472
D OCC280
FEMALE1,156
H CON3
H INHAB280
H UNINH2
MALE1,139
MD F370
MD M365
MD TOT735
NUMBER CD55
OTHR ROOT BU34
TUR BU38
WID F70
WID M18
WID TOT88

Identifiers

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, Centre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-centre-ward-quartier-qc055004-1881/.