Sherbrooke, North, Quebec (1861 census)

Sherbrooke, North was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 735. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.406°N, 71.907°W.

Population

In 1861, Sherbrooke, North had a population of 735: 342 male and 393 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Orford & Sherbrooke in Orford, 1851 (0.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Sherbrooke, C, 1871 (24.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sherbrooke, North shared boundaries with:

• Orford
• Sherbrooke, South

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 735 total population, 393 females, Female members of the family who are present: 362, 342 males, Male members of the family who are present: 301, 271 single females, 220 single males, 119 married males, 108 married females, 71 females attending school, 53 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 41, Females present who are not members of the family: 31, 15 female births, 14 widowed females, 13 male births, 11 adult males unable to read or write, 10 adult females unable to read or write, 3 widowed males, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 56 single females aged 10 to 15, 52 single females aged 15 to 20, 46 females aged 5 to 10, 46 single females aged 20 to 30, 43 males aged 5 to 10, 43 single males aged 15 to 20, 41 married males aged 30 to 40, 40 married females aged 30 to 40, 32 single males aged 10 to 15, 31 married females aged 20 to 30, 27 married males aged 40 to 50, 27 single males aged 20 to 30, 24 married males aged 50 to 60, 19 married males aged 20 to 30, 18 married females aged 40 to 50, 17 males aged 2 to 3, 14 males aged 4 to 5, 12 females aged 1 to 2, 12 males aged 1 to 2, 12 married females aged 50 to 60, 11 females age 3 to 4, 10 males aged 3 to 4, 8 single females aged 30 to 40, 7 females aged 2 to 3, 7 females aged 4 to 5, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 single males aged 30 to 40, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 50 to 60. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 389 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 90 persons originating in Ireland, 81 persons originating in the United States, 72 French Canadians, 50 persons originating in England or Wales, 21 persons originating in Scotland, 20 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in New Brunswick, 3 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Newfoundland. 3 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 8 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC064004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC064004 — 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 1861 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, North, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-north-qc064004-1861/.