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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q29386656

Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1891 census)

Sorel, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,669. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29386656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.033°N, 73.105°W.

Population

In 1891, Sorel, City—Cité had a population of 6,669: 3,246 male and 3,423 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18916,669
19017,057

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, Sorel, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 6,669 total population, 3,423 females, 3,246 males, 2,353 married persons, 1,265 families, 1,179 married males, 1,174 married females, 292 widowed persons, 208 widowed females, 84 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,024 single persons under 18, 2,041 single females under 18, 1,983 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,475 French Canadians, 194 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,206 houses, 1,206 occupied houses, 986 houses built of wood, 568 houses of 2 stories, 530 houses of 1 story, 450 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 255 houses of 4 rooms, 216 houses built of brick, 179 houses of 5 rooms, 154 houses of 3 rooms, 97 houses of 3 stories, 88 uninhabited houses, 69 houses of 2 rooms, 60 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 houses of over 15 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 10 houses of more than 3 stories, 3 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 18,200 bushels of potatoes, 7,515 bushels of oats, 6,543 pounds of homemade butter, 5,064 bushels of turnips, 4,470 acres of land in farms, 2,518 acres of improved land in farms, 2,025 chickens, 1,952 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,910 acres of farmland under crops, 1,446 bushels of buckwheat, 1,040 bushels of corn, 952 tons of hay, 869 bushels of barley, 604 swine slaughtered or sold, 574 bushels of peas, 564 acres of hay crops, 509 acres of farmland in pasture, 468 swine, 467 bushels of spring wheat, 449 occupants of farms, 393 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 347 farm occupants who own their land, 344 horses aged over 3 years, 327 acres of oats, 261 milk cows, 215 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 176 acres of potatoes, 128 other fowl, 101 farm occupants who rent their land, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 92 other cattle, 85 ducks, 82 sheep, 80 bushels of rye, 66 bushels of beans, 62 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 56 turkeys, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 46 acres of barley, 33 acres of wheat, 33 cattle killed or sold, 33 sheep slaughtered or sold, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 17 geese, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 oxen, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Sorel, City—Cité, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-city-cit-qc181001-1891/.