Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,928. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.392°N, 71.895°W.
Population
In 1891, Sherbrooke, Sud, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,928: 1,479 male and 1,449 female residents. Population density was 2376.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,947 |
| 1891 | 2,928 |
| 1901 | 3,572 |
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, Sud, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 533 |
| Number of families | 533 |
| Number of females | 1,449 |
| Number of males | 1,479 |
| Number of married females | 499 |
| Number of married males | 495 |
| Number of married persons | 994 |
| Number of widowed females | 79 |
| Number of widowed males | 36 |
| Number of widowed persons | 115 |
| POP F | 1,449 |
| POP M | 1,479 |
| POP TOT | 2,928 |
| Total population | 2,928 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 871 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 948 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,819 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 2,267 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 661 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 312 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 57 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 255 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 145 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 55 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 142 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 19 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 170 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 33 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of occupied houses | 312 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 7 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 610 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 737 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 602 |
| Acres of hay crops | 479 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,219 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,956 |
| Acres of oats | 59 |
| Acres of potatoes | 13 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 3 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 130 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 130 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 101 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,293 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,646 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 380 |
| BWT BU | 101 |
| CRN BU | 22 |
| HAY AC | 479 |
| HAY TONS | 579 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 57 |
| Number of chickens | 1,146 |
| Number of ducks | 35 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 43 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 14 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 25 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 144 |
| Number of milk cows | 158 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 46 |
| Number of other cattle | 52 |
| Number of other fowl | 4 |
| Number of oxen | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 20 |
| Number of sheep | 56 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 27 |
| Number of swine | 65 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 139 |
| Number of turkeys | 15 |
| OAT AC | 59 |
| OAT BU | 1,293 |
| PEA BU | 11 |
| POT AC | 13 |
| POT BU | 1,646 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 368 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,571 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 579 |
| WHT AC | 3 |
| WHT SP BU | 30 |
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 15 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BEN BU | 20 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,571 |
| CATTLE KS | 57 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 871 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 948 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,819 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 368 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 25 |
| DUCKS | 35 |
| FAMILIES | 533 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FRN CA | 2,267 |
| GEESE | 14 |
| GRA BU | 10 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,146 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 144 |
| HOUSES | 312 |
| HOUSES B | 57 |
| HOUSES CON | 5 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 55 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 25 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 18 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 145 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 170 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 33 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 142 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 255 |
| INF 11 A | 20 |
| MD FEM | 499 |
| MD MALE | 495 |
| MD TOT | 994 |
| MILK COWS | 158 |
| NAME CD | Sherbrooke |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 43 |
| OC TOT | 46 |
| OTHER FOWL | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 52 |
| OTHERS | 661 |
| SHEEP | 56 |
| SHEEP KS | 27 |
| SUP AM | 1,219 |
| SUP FOR | 737 |
| SUP JV | 7 |
| SUP PAT | 610 |
| SUP SC | 602 |
| SUP TOT | 1,956 |
| SWINE | 65 |
| SWINE KS | 139 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 312 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 380 |
| TURKEY | 15 |
| WID FEM | 79 |
| WID MALE | 36 |
| WID TOT | 115 |
| WORKING OX | 4 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC189004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193005 — 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, Sud, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sherbrooke-sud-ward-quartier-qc189004-1891/.