Brockville, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Brockville, East Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,060. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.596°N, 75.681°W.
Population
In 1891, Brockville, East Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,060: 953 male and 1,107 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,483 |
| 1881 | 1,707 |
| 1891 | 2,060 |
| 1901 | 2,165 |
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, East Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,060 total population, 1,107 females, 953 males, 682 married persons, 414 families, 342 married males, 340 married females, 102 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,276 single persons under 18, 686 single females under 18, 590 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,027 persons who are not French Canadian, 33 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 412 houses, 412 occupied houses, 298 houses built of wood, 244 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 223 houses of 1 story, 188 houses of 2 stories, 77 houses built of brick, 54 houses of 5 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 37 houses built of stone, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,150 pounds of homemade butter, 2,223 acres of land in farms, 1,940 bushels of potatoes, 1,326 chickens, 1,288 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,175 bushels of oats, 935 acres of improved land in farms, 620 bushels of corn, 548 acres of farmland in pasture, 489 bushels of turnips, 331 acres of farmland under crops, 250 sheep slaughtered or sold, 250 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 202 cattle killed or sold, 187 tons of hay, 123 acres of hay crops, 117 horses aged over 3 years, 114 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 91 milk cows, 66 swine slaughtered or sold, 56 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 bushels of buckwheat, 52 swine, 50 bushels of spring wheat, 50 ducks, 41 acres of oats, 35 occupants of farms, 25 farm occupants who own their land, 24 other cattle, 21 sheep, 20 bushels of peas, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 other fowl, 14 acres of potatoes, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 geese, 6 bushels of beans, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 acres of wheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 2, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON050002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047002_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, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-east-ward-quartier-on050002-1891/.