Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,350. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.406°N, 71.907°W.
Population
In 1891, Sherbrooke, Nord, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,350: 1,161 male and 1,189 female residents. Population density was 1951.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,861 |
| 1891 | 2,350 |
| 1901 | 2,791 |
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, Nord, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 130 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 456 |
| Number of families | 456 |
| Number of females | 1,189 |
| Number of males | 1,161 |
| Number of married females | 413 |
| Number of married males | 414 |
| Number of married persons | 827 |
| Number of widowed females | 69 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 92 |
| POP F | 1,189 |
| POP M | 1,161 |
| POP TOT | 2,350 |
| Total population | 2,350 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 707 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 724 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,431 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 411 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,939 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 452 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 59 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 5 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 372 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 3 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 190 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 239 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 7 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 58 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 38 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 255 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of occupied houses | 452 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 15 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 71 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 54 |
| Acres of hay crops | 57 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 140 |
| Acres of land in farms | 140 |
| Acres of oats | 7 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 160 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 380 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 75 |
| HAY AC | 57 |
| HAY TONS | 55 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 984 |
| Number of ducks | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 4 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 156 |
| Number of milk cows | 67 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 14 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 11 |
| Number of swine | 18 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 9 |
| OAT AC | 7 |
| OAT BU | 160 |
| PEA BU | 30 |
| POT AC | 1 |
| POT BU | 380 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,900 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 55 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,900 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 707 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 724 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,431 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| DUCKS | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 456 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 411 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 984 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 156 |
| HOUSES | 452 |
| HOUSES B | 59 |
| HOUSES CON | 6 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 46 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 38 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 58 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 190 |
| HOUSES S | 5 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 255 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 20 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 7 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 239 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 372 |
| INF 11 A | 11 |
| MD FEM | 413 |
| MD MALE | 414 |
| MD TOT | 827 |
| MILK COWS | 67 |
| NAME CD | Sherbrooke |
| OC F | 4 |
| OC P | 10 |
| OC TOT | 14 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 1,939 |
| SUP AM | 140 |
| SUP JV | 15 |
| SUP PAT | 71 |
| SUP SC | 54 |
| SUP TOT | 140 |
| SWINE | 18 |
| SWINE KS | 9 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 452 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 75 |
| WID FEM | 69 |
| WID MALE | 23 |
| WID TOT | 92 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC189003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193004 — 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, Nord, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-nord-ward-quartier-qc189003-1891/.