Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
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 density was 4793.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 414 |
| Number of families | 414 |
| Number of females | 1,107 |
| Number of males | 953 |
| Number of married females | 340 |
| Number of married males | 342 |
| Number of married persons | 682 |
| Number of widowed females | 81 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 102 |
| POP F | 1,107 |
| POP M | 953 |
| POP TOT | 2,060 |
| Total population | 2,060 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 686 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 590 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,276 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 33 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,027 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 412 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 77 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 37 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 298 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 3 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 223 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 188 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 48 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 244 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 412 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 41 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 56 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 548 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,288 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 331 |
| Acres of hay crops | 123 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 935 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,223 |
| Acres of oats | 41 |
| Acres of potatoes | 14 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 620 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,175 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,940 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 489 |
| BWT BU | 55 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 2 |
| CRN BU | 620 |
| HAY AC | 123 |
| HAY TONS | 187 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 202 |
| Number of chickens | 1,326 |
| Number of ducks | 50 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 25 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 10 |
| Number of geese | 8 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 117 |
| Number of milk cows | 91 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 35 |
| Number of other cattle | 24 |
| Number of other fowl | 17 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 20 |
| Number of sheep | 21 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 250 |
| Number of swine | 52 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 66 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| OAT AC | 41 |
| OAT BU | 1,175 |
| PEA BU | 20 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 1,940 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 250 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 114 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,150 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 187 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 50 |
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 6 |
| BEN BU | 6 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,150 |
| CATTLE KS | 202 |
| CHEESE LB | 250 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 686 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 590 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,276 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 114 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 50 |
| FAMILIES | 414 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FRN CA | 33 |
| GEESE | 8 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,326 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 117 |
| HOUSES | 412 |
| HOUSES B | 77 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 54 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 48 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 223 |
| HOUSES S | 37 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 244 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 17 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 188 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 41 |
| HOUSES W | 298 |
| INF 11 A | 20 |
| MD FEM | 340 |
| MD MALE | 342 |
| MD TOT | 682 |
| MILK COWS | 91 |
| NAME CD | Brockville |
| OC F | 10 |
| OC P | 25 |
| OC TOT | 35 |
| OTHER FOWL | 17 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 24 |
| OTHERS | 2,027 |
| SHEEP | 21 |
| SHEEP KS | 250 |
| SILOS | 2 |
| SUP AM | 935 |
| SUP FOR | 1,288 |
| SUP JV | 56 |
| SUP PAT | 548 |
| SUP SC | 331 |
| SUP TOT | 2,223 |
| SWINE | 52 |
| SWINE KS | 66 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 412 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 489 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| WID FEM | 81 |
| WID MALE | 21 |
| WID TOT | 102 |
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/.