Sorel, Quebec (1871 census)

Sorel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,446. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29386656. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.035°N, 73.073°W.

Population

In 1871, Sorel had a population of 3,446: 1,760 male and 1,686 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 Sorel Parish, 1861 (94.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Joseph, 1881 (10.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Sorel, 1881 (27.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Anne, 1881 (30.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Sorel shared boundaries with:

• Contrecoeur
• Isle du Pads
• Sorel, Town—Ville
• St. François
• St. Ours
• St. Robert
• St. Roch
• Ste. Victoire
• Yamaska

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 3,446 total population, 1,760 males, 1,686 females, 1,131 married persons, 566 married females, 565 married males, 438 families, 114 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 51 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 2,201 single persons under 18, 1,144 single males under 18, 1,057 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 390 inhabited houses, 390 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 20,480 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC120005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC120005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q29386656
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorel,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorel_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sorel-qc120005-1871/.