Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,941. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.809°N, 71.221°W.

Population

In 1891, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier had a population of 3,941: 1,765 male and 2,176 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	4,009
1881	3,718
1891	3,941
1901	3,915
1911	3,899

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, Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,941 total population, 2,176 females, 1,765 males, 1,244 married persons, 784 families, 624 married males, 620 married females, 236 widowed persons, 186 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,461 single persons under 18, 1,370 single females under 18, 1,091 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,580 French Canadians, 1,361 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 672 houses, 672 occupied houses, 389 houses built of brick, 284 houses of 2 stories, 282 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 231 houses of 1 story, 171 houses built of wood, 159 houses of 4 rooms, 112 houses built of stone, 103 houses of 3 stories, 71 houses of 5 rooms, 70 houses of 3 rooms, 54 houses of more than 3 stories, 45 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 houses of 2 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 368 chickens, 158 horses aged over 3 years, 50 bushels of potatoes, 50 bushels of turnips, 35 milk cows, 34 acres of improved land in farms, 34 acres of land in farms, 25 bushels of oats, 16 acres of farmland under crops, 15 acres of farmland in pasture, 10 acres of hay crops, 8 tons of hay, 6 other cattle, 5 occupants of farms, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 ducks, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 other fowl, 2 swine, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of oats, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 60 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
Louis de Gonzague Baillairgé	1808–1896	died here
Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau	1808–1894	died here
Olivier Robitaille	1811–1896	died here
Andrew Godfrey Stuart	1812–1891	died here
James Stevenson	1813–1894	died here
Jean-Thomas Taschereau	1814–1893	died here
Ulric J. (Ulric Joseph) Tessier	1817–1892	died here
Augustin Côté	1818–1904	died here
Zéphirin Paquet	1818–1905	died here
David Alexander Ross	1819–1897	died here
Eléar-Alexandre Taschereau	1820–1898	died here
François Évanturel	1821–1891	died here
Pierre Garneau	1823–1905	died here
Jean-Docile Brousseau	1825–1908	died here
Charles Baillairgé	1826–1906	died here
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin	1826–1906	died here
John Hearn	1827–1894	died here
Sigismund Mohr	1827–1893	died here
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	1829–1908	died here
Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy	1830–1903	died here
Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau	1831–1894	died here
Benjamin Paquet	1832–1900	died here
Félix-Gabriel Marchand	1832–1900	died here
Wilfrid-Étienne Brunet	1832–1899	died here
Ernest Gagnon	1834–1915	died here
Robert Brodie	1835–1905	died here
Siméon Le Sage	1835–1909	died here
Eugène-Étienne Taché	1836–1912	died here
Louis-Prudent Vallée	1837–1905	died here
Evan John Price	1840–1899	died here
Michele Rigali	1841–1910	died here
Napoléon Legendre	1841–1907	died here
Cléophas Rochette	1843–1895	died here
David Ouellet	1844–1915	died here
M.J. (Michael Joseph) Ahern	1844–1914	died here
Oscar Prévost	1845–1895	died here
Henri-Edmond Casgrain	1846–1914	died here
Louis-Zéphirin Joncas	1846–1903	died here
Ambroise Lafrance	1847–1905	died here
Arthur Vallée	1848–1903	died here
George Stewart	1848–1906	died here
J.C.K. (Joseph Clovis Kemner) Laflamme	1849–1910	died here
Ernest Pacaud	1850–1904	died here
Jules-Paul Tardivel	1851–1905	died here
Philéas Gagnon	1854–1915	died here
Louis-Joseph Demers	1857–1905	died here
Édouard-Burroughs Garneau	1859–1911	died here
Arthur Simard	1867–1931	born here
Charles-Abraham Paquet	1868–1936	born here
Philippe-Jacques Paradis	1868–1933	born here
Sir David Watson	1869–1922	born here
François-Xavier-Jules Dorion	1870–1939	born here
Marie-Louise Marmette	1870–1928	born here
Arthur Rousseau	1871–1934	born here
François de Martigny	1871–1940	born here
Noulan Cauchon	1872–1935	born here
Marie Sirois	1878–1934	born here
Alexandre Fraser	1881–1932	born here
Joseph Sirois	1881–1941	born here
Arthur Vallée	1882–1939	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC187002 — 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). "Québec, Montcalm (Centre) ward-quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-montcalm-centre-ward-quartier-qc179005-1891/.