Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 15,423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.523°N, 73.579°W.
Population
In 1891, Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier had a population of 15,423: 7,497 male and 7,926 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,269 |
| 1871 | 4,408 |
| 1881 | 5,874 |
| 1891 | 15,423 |
| 1901 | 26,754 |
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, Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Côte Visitation, Village
- Montreal, St. Denis, Ward—Quartier
- Montreal, St. James Ward—Quartier St. Jacques
- Montreal, St. Mary’s Ward—Quartier Ste. Marie
- Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier
- Montréal, St. Laurent ward-quartier
- Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier
- NO DATA
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 15,423 total population, 7,926 females, 7,497 males, 6,017 married persons, 3,290 families, 3,010 married males, 3,007 married females, 560 widowed persons, 411 widowed females, 149 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 8,846 single persons under 18, 4,508 single females under 18, 4,338 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 13,949 French Canadians, 1,474 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,904 houses, 2,904 occupied houses, 2,071 houses built of brick, 1,491 houses of 2 stories, 1,147 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,050 houses of 1 story, 778 houses of 4 rooms, 710 houses built of wood, 389 houses of 3 rooms, 357 houses of 3 stories, 278 houses of 5 rooms, 202 houses of 2 rooms, 172 uninhabited houses, 123 houses built of stone, 119 houses under construction, 82 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,787 chickens, 1,020 acres of land in farms, 817 acres of improved land in farms, 701 horses aged over 3 years, 588 bushels of oats, 366 acres of farmland in pasture, 299 milk cows, 282 other fowl, 255 acres of farmland under crops, 203 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 196 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 189 acres of hay crops, 145 bushels of potatoes, 124 tons of hay, 100 bushels of buckwheat, 79 ducks, 60 bushels of peas, 52 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 40 bushels of turnips, 29 swine, 28 acres of oats, 22 other cattle, 16 occupants of farms, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 13 geese, 13 sheep, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 swine slaughtered or sold, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 bushels of barley, Capacity of silos (tons): 5, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC155019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC167006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montreal-st-jean-baptiste-ward-quartier-qc155019-1891/.