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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Sorel Parish, Quebec (1861 census)

Sorel Parish was a parish in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 3,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.031°N, 73.075°W.

Population

In 1861, Sorel Parish had a population of 3,550: 1,771 male and 1,779 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Sorel Parish shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 165 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 3,550 total population, 1,779 females, 1,771 males, Female members of the family who are present: 1,708, Male members of the family who are present: 1,687, 1,205 single males, 1,194 single females, 513 married males, 500 married females, 492 adult males unable to read or write, 380 adult females unable to read or write, 210 females attending school, 178 males attending school, 85 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 84, Females present who are not members of the family: 71, 71 male births, 66 female births, 53 widowed males, 2 blind males, 2 deaf and dumb males, 2 lunatic males, 1 blind females, 1 deaf and dumb females. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 242 single males aged 20 to 30, 213 single females aged 15 to 20, 212 single females aged 20 to 30, 209 females aged 5 to 10, 209 single females aged 10 to 15, 208 males aged 5 to 10, 206 single males aged 15 to 20, 202 single males aged 10 to 15, 145 married females aged 30 to 40, 136 married males aged 30 to 40, 109 married males aged 40 to 50, 102 married males aged 50 to 60, 100 married females aged 40 to 50, 99 married females aged 20 to 30, 94 married females aged 50 to 60, 71 married males aged 20 to 30, 65 males aged 2 to 3, 60 married males aged 60 to 70, 57 females aged 2 to 3, 55 males aged 3 to 4, 52 females age 3 to 4, 51 females aged 4 to 5, 48 males aged 4 to 5, 42 married females aged 60 to 70, 36 single males aged 30 to 40, 34 single females aged 30 to 40, 32 females aged 1 to 2, 30 males aged 1 to 2, 25 married males aged 70 to 80, 22 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 21 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 20 single females aged 50 to 60, 18 married females aged 70 to 80, 17 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 15 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 13 single females aged 60 to 70, 13 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 11 single males aged 50 to 60, 11 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 10 married males aged 80 to 90, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 8 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 females of unknown age, 7 single males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 5 males of unknown age, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded .... single females over 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 3,448 French Canadians, 97 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 3 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $784,785 value farms (dollars), $96,648 value all livestock, 75,890 bushels of oats, $68,768 value horses aged over 3 years, 40,230 bushels of potatoes, $34,180 value farm implements in dollars, 27,344 pounds of homemade butter, 27,097 acres of land in farms, 14,781 acres of farmland under cultivation, 12,316 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,658 pounds of maple sugar, 9,596 bushels of buckwheat, 9,461 bushels of rye, 8,785 acres of farmland under crops, 8,228 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,169 bushels of spring wheat, 5,996 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,130 pounds of flax or hemp, 4,802 bushels of peas, 3,741 sheep, 3,061 acres of oats, 1,424 swine, 1,420 bushels of barley, 1,176 milk cows, 1,136 acres of rye, 1,018 calves and heifers, 910 acres of spring wheat, 834 bushels of corn, 702 acres of buckwheat, 685 horses aged over 3 years, 556 bushels of turnips, 507 barrels of pork, 425 acres of peas, 338 occupants of farms, 332 acres of potatoes, 328 bushels of carrots, 309 horses aged 3 years and under, 181 barrels of beef, 156 bulls, oxen, or steers, 135 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, $120 value garden and orchard crops, 111 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 105 acres of barley, 64 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 54 acres of corn, 26 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,416 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 6,857 yards of linen, 4,980 yards of flannel, 3,826 yards of fulled cloth, 509 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 31, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 23, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 10, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 7, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 5, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among males aged 90 to 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

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). "Sorel Parish, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-parish-qc043007-1861/.