Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,455. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.591°N, 75.687°W.
Population
In 1891, Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,455: 660 male and 795 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,912 |
| 1881 | 1,307 |
| 1891 | 1,455 |
| 1901 | 1,513 |
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, Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord
- Brockville, East Ward—Quartier
- Brockville, West Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,455 total population, 795 females, 660 males, 465 married persons, 301 families, 233 married females, 232 married males, 101 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 889 single persons under 18, 484 single females under 18, 405 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,410 persons who are not French Canadian, 45 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 290 houses, 290 occupied houses, 221 houses of 2 stories, 188 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 123 houses built of stone, 87 houses built of brick, 80 houses built of wood, 43 houses of 3 stories, 29 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 1 story, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,150 bushels of oats, 1,135 pounds of homemade butter, 629 acres of land in farms, 360 tons of hay, 320 acres of improved land in farms, 309 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 261 chickens, 257 bushels of potatoes, 235 acres of farmland in pasture, 218 bushels of spring wheat, 202 acres of hay crops, 115 cattle killed or sold, 115 other cattle, 113 horses aged over 3 years, 100 bushels of beans, 83 acres of farmland under crops, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 55 acres of oats, 40 bushels of corn, 34 bushels of turnips, 27 turkeys, 24 milk cows, 22 swine, 20 sheep, 18 acres of wheat, 15 swine slaughtered or sold, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 bushels of buckwheat, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 occupants of farms, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of potatoes, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON050001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047001_1871— 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). "Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-centre-ward-quartier-on050001-1891/.