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 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 64 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,350 total population, 1,189 females, 1,161 males, 827 married persons, 456 families, 414 married males, 413 married females, 92 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,431 single persons under 18, 724 single males under 18, 707 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,939 persons who are not French Canadian, 411 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 452 houses, 452 occupied houses, 372 houses built of wood, 255 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 239 houses of 2 stories, 190 houses of 1 story, 59 houses built of brick, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 stories, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 5 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,900 pounds of homemade butter, 984 chickens, 380 bushels of potatoes, 160 bushels of oats, 156 horses aged over 3 years, 140 acres of improved land in farms, 140 acres of land in farms, 75 bushels of turnips, 71 acres of farmland in pasture, 67 milk cows, 57 acres of hay crops, 55 tons of hay, 54 acres of farmland under crops, 30 bushels of peas, 18 swine, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 occupants of farms, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 ducks, 10 farm occupants who own their land, 9 swine slaughtered or sold, 7 acres of oats, 6 other cattle, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 geese, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.