Sherbrooke in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sherbrooke in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SherbrookeQuebec (Region)Canada (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sherbrooke plotted against Québec and Canada. The SNDi of new construction in Sherbrooke rose steadily, compared to Québec which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Canada which peaked in 1976-1990. Most recently, Sherbrooke's incremental SNDi rose from 3.55 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sherbrooke ranked 1st out of 10 cities in Québec and 5th out of 54 in Canada as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Canada
39th of 54
Rank in Québec
3rd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Canada
5th of 54
Rank in Québec
1st of 10

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SherbrookeYichengLinkoping

In new street additions, Sherbrooke built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yicheng built increasingly connected streets over time and Linköping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sherbrooke and Linköping both became progressively more disconnected, while Yicheng became progressively more connected. Sherbrooke and Linköping have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.