St. Patrice de Sherrington, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Patrice de Sherrington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,815. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463101. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.156°N, 73.525°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Patrice de Sherrington had a population of 1,815: 916 male and 899 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,815 |
| 1901 | 1,410 |
| 1911 | 1,370 |
| 1921 | 1,436 |
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, St. Patrice de Sherrington shared boundaries with:
- Hemmingford
- St. Bernard de Lacolle
- St. Cyprien
- St. Edouard
- St. Jacques le Mineur
- St. Michel Archange
- Ste. Clothilde
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,815 total population, 916 males, 899 females, 570 married persons, 335 families, 287 married females, 283 married males, 64 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,181 single persons under 18, 605 single males under 18, 576 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,580 French Canadians, 235 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 300 houses, 300 occupied houses, 281 houses of 1 story, 184 houses built of wood, 111 houses built of brick, 89 houses of 3 rooms, 64 houses of 2 rooms, 54 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,107 pounds of homemade butter, 37,054 bushels of oats, 24,002 acres of land in farms, 20,485 acres of improved land in farms, 19,883 bushels of potatoes, 13,533 acres of farmland under crops, 10,697 chickens, 6,735 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,025 bushels of buckwheat, 5,167 acres of hay crops, 4,511 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,936 bushels of corn, 3,859 acres of oats, 3,517 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,326 tons of hay, 2,787 bushels of peas, 2,246 bushels of barley, 1,909 bushels of spring wheat, 1,820 sheep, 1,801 geese, 1,696 ducks, 1,291 turkeys, 1,117 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,003 swine, 812 milk cows, 811 sheep slaughtered or sold, 644 swine slaughtered or sold, 633 horses aged over 3 years, 628 other cattle, 401 bushels of turnips, 363 horses aged 3 years and under, 321 acres of wheat, 308 occupants of farms, 289 cattle killed or sold, 256 acres of potatoes, 235 acres of barley, 234 farm occupants who own their land, 217 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 134 bushels of beans, 107 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 71 farm occupants who rent their land, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 oxen, 7 other fowl, 3 employees on farms, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC174005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC077004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463101
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
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). "St. Patrice de Sherrington, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-patrice-de-sherrington-qc174005-1891/.