Sherbrooke, in Ascot, Quebec (1851 census)

Sherbrooke, in Ascot was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,557. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.387°N, 71.872°W.

Population

In 1851, Sherbrooke, in Ascot had a population of 2,557: 1,526 male and 1,031 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Sherbrooke, South, 1861 (12.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sherbrooke, East, 1861 (20.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Sherbrooke, in Ascot shared boundaries with:

• Ascot
• Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,557 total population, 1,526 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,157, 1,041 single males, 1,031 females, Female members of the family who are present: 970, 627 single females, 455 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 369, 361 married females, 354 families, 168 males attending school, 138 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 61, 51 male births, 43 widowed females, 36 female births, 30 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 8, Female members of the family who are absent: 3, 3 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 254 single males aged 20 to 30, 196 single males aged 15 to 20, 180 married males aged 30 to 40, 167 males aged 5 to 10, 150 single males aged 10 to 15, 142 females aged 5 to 10, 138 married females aged 20 to 30, 123 married males aged 20 to 30, 114 married females aged 30 to 40, 110 single females aged 15 to 20, 105 single females aged 10 to 15, 84 married males aged 40 to 50, 84 single females aged 20 to 30, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males under age 1, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 45 males aged 3 to 4, 45 married males aged 50 to 60, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 40 females under age 1, 38 males aged 2 to 3, 35 single males aged 30 to 40, 32 females age 3 to 4, 32 females aged 2 to 3, 31 married females aged 50 to 60, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 26 married females aged 15 to 20, 22 females aged 4 to 5, 15 married males aged 60 to 70, 12 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 10 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 single males aged 50 to 60, 7 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 males of unknown age, 3 married females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single males aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 839 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 799 persons originating in Ireland, 480 French Canadians, 187 persons originating in England or Wales, 141 persons originating in the United States, 111 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 1,200 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, $1,150 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 900 foundries returning capital, 12 employees in foundries, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, 3 employees in grist mills, 3 grist mills returning capital, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 saw mills reporting annual production, 1 saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in tanneries,   employees in woollen factories,   foundries,   foundries reporting,   grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries reporting,   tanneries returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 200,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $  value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 7, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC076006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076006 — 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 1851 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, in Ascot, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-in-ascot-qc076006-1851/.