Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,192. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.404°N, 71.878°W.
Population
In 1891, Sherbrooke, Est, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,192: 1,098 male and 1,094 female residents. Population density was 920.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,124 |
| 1891 | 2,192 |
| 1901 | 2,774 |
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, Est, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 414 |
| Number of families | 414 |
| Number of females | 1,094 |
| Number of males | 1,098 |
| Number of married females | 378 |
| Number of married males | 374 |
| Number of married persons | 752 |
| Number of widowed females | 56 |
| Number of widowed males | 25 |
| Number of widowed persons | 81 |
| POP F | 1,094 |
| POP M | 1,098 |
| POP TOT | 2,192 |
| Total population | 2,192 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 660 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 699 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,359 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,742 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 450 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 351 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 19 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 331 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 260 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 89 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 49 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 69 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 34 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 144 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 351 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 31 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 33 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,420 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 35,511 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,029 |
| Acres of hay crops | 1,164 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,482 |
| Acres of land in farms | 38,993 |
| Acres of oats | 309 |
| Acres of potatoes | 27 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| BAR AC | 31 |
| BAR BU | 585 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 585 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 129 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,395 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,292 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,859 |
| BWT BU | 129 |
| CRN BU | 61 |
| HAY AC | 1,164 |
| HAY TONS | 1,399 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 65 |
| Number of chickens | 1,175 |
| Number of ducks | 34 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 52 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 20 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 143 |
| Number of milk cows | 108 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 57 |
| Number of other cattle | 50 |
| Number of other fowl | 8 |
| Number of oxen | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 21 |
| Number of sheep | 71 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 120 |
| Number of swine | 35 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 119 |
| OAT AC | 309 |
| OAT BU | 8,395 |
| POT AC | 27 |
| POT BU | 3,292 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 150 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 149 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 100 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 5,162 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,399 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 5 |
| A 11 50 | 15 |
| A 201 PL | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 11 |
| BEN BU | 25 |
| BUTTER LB | 5,162 |
| CATTLE KS | 65 |
| CHEESE LB | 150 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 660 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 699 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,359 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 149 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 20 |
| DUCKS | 34 |
| FAMILIES | 414 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 100 |
| FRN CA | 1,742 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,175 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 143 |
| HOUSES | 351 |
| HOUSES B | 19 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 34 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 69 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 260 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 144 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 49 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 35 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 89 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 331 |
| INF 11 A | 21 |
| MD FEM | 378 |
| MD MALE | 374 |
| MD TOT | 752 |
| MILK COWS | 108 |
| NAME CD | Sherbrooke |
| OC F | 5 |
| OC P | 52 |
| OC TOT | 57 |
| OTHER FOWL | 8 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 50 |
| OTHERS | 450 |
| SHEEP | 71 |
| SHEEP KS | 120 |
| SUP AM | 3,482 |
| SUP FOR | 35,511 |
| SUP JV | 33 |
| SUP PAT | 1,420 |
| SUP SC | 2,029 |
| SUP TOT | 38,993 |
| SWINE | 35 |
| SWINE KS | 119 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 351 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 1,859 |
| WID FEM | 56 |
| WID MALE | 25 |
| WID TOT | 81 |
| WORKING OX | 12 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC189002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193003 — 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, Est, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-est-ward-quartier-qc189002-1891/.