Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,627. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.402°N, 71.894°W.

Population

In 1891, Sherbrooke, Centre, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,627: 1,294 male and 1,333 female residents. Population density was 16179.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	2,295
1891	2,627
1901	2,628

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, Centre, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.50
FAM NO	473
Number of families	473
Number of females	1,333
Number of males	1,294
Number of married females	417
Number of married males	437
Number of married persons	854
Number of widowed females	80
Number of widowed males	29
Number of widowed persons	109
POP F	1,333
POP M	1,294
POP TOT	2,627
Total population	2,627

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	836
Number of single males under 18	828
Number of single persons under 18	1,664

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,922
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	705

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	456
Number of houses built of brick	86
Number of houses built of wood	369
Number of houses of 1 room	10
Number of houses of 1 story	78
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	26
Number of houses of 2 rooms	48
Number of houses of 2 stories	315
Number of houses of 3 rooms	101
Number of houses of 3 stories	58
Number of houses of 4 rooms	80
Number of houses of 5 rooms	57
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	120
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	4
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	13
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	456
Number of uninhabited houses	7

Agriculture (49 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	1
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	2
Acres of farmland under crops	78
Acres of hay crops	114
Acres of improved land in farms	80
Acres of land in farms	80
Acres of oats	11
Acres of potatoes	3
Acres of turnips	1
Acres of wheat	2
BAR AC	1
BAR BU	40
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	40
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	25
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	400
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	420
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	40
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	289
CRN BU	25
HAY AC	114
HAY TONS	126
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	6
Number of chickens	568
Number of ducks	17
Number of farm occupants who own their land	4
Number of geese	5
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	24
Number of horses aged over 3 years	162
Number of milk cows	60
Number of occupants of farms	4
Number of other cattle	11
Number of other fowl	50
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	43
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	35
Number of swine	30
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	5
Number of turkeys	7
OAT AC	11
OAT BU	400
POT AC	3
POT BU	420
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	200
Pounds of homemade butter	550
Tons of hay produced in the past year	126
WHT AC	2
WHT SP BU	40

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 51 100	1
BEN BU	4
BUTTER LB	550
CATTLE KS	6
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	836
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	828
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,664
COLTS FILLIES	24
DUCKS	17
FAMILIES	473
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.50
FINE WOOL LB	200
FRN CA	1,922
GEESE	5
HENS AND CHKN	568
HORSES OVR THREE	162
HOUSES	456
HOUSES B	86
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	26
HOUSES FIVE RM	57
HOUSES FOUR RM	80
HOUSES ONE RM	10
HOUSES ONE STRY	78
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	4
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	120
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	13
HOUSES THREE RM	101
HOUSES THREE STRY	58
HOUSES TWO RM	48
HOUSES TWO STRY	315
HOUSES UNINH	7
HOUSES W	369
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	417
MD MALE	437
MD TOT	854
MILK COWS	60
NAME CD	Sherbrooke
OC P	4
OC TOT	4
OTHER FOWL	50
OTHER HRN CATTLE	11
OTHERS	705
SHEEP	43
SHEEP KS	35
SUP AM	80
SUP JV	2
SUP SC	78
SUP TOT	80
SWINE	30
SWINE KS	5
TOT DWLG OCC	456
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	289
TURKEY	7
WID FEM	80
WID MALE	29
WID TOT	109

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC189001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC193002 — 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, Centre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-centre-ward-quartier-qc189001-1891/.