Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord, Ontario (1891 census)
Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,766. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.599°N, 75.691°W.
Population
In 1891, Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord had a population of 1,766: 840 male and 926 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,683 |
| 1891 | 1,766 |
| 1901 | 1,731 |
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 Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord shared boundaries with:
- Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier
- Brockville, East Ward—Quartier
- Brockville, West Ward—Quartier
- Elizabethtown
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,766 total population, 926 females, 840 males, 667 married persons, 386 families, 334 married females, 333 married males, 99 widowed persons, 80 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,000 single persons under 18, 512 single females under 18, 488 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,755 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 380 houses, 380 occupied houses, 315 houses of 2 stories, 288 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 282 houses built of wood, 90 houses built of brick, 63 houses of 1 story, 54 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 8 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,020 pounds of homemade butter, 970 bushels of oats, 861 chickens, 709 bushels of potatoes, 593 acres of land in farms, 368 acres of improved land in farms, 301 bushels of turnips, 292 bushels of buckwheat, 225 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 211 acres of farmland under crops, 200 bushels of corn, 197 tons of hay, 147 acres of hay crops, 143 acres of farmland in pasture, 128 bushels of spring wheat, 90 bushels of peas, 87 horses aged over 3 years, 72 acres of oats, 70 milk cows, 21 swine, 15 geese, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 farm occupants who own their land, 13 occupants of farms, 12 bushels of rye, 11 other cattle, 11 swine slaughtered or sold, 9 ducks, 8 acres of wheat, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON050003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047003— 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 Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-town-north-ward-quartier-nord-on050003-1891/.