Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud, Ontario (1891 census)
Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,179. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.584°N, 75.698°W.
Population
In 1891, Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud had a population of 1,179: 525 male and 654 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 1,109 |
| 1891 | 1,179 |
| 1901 | 1,256 |
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, South Ward—Quartier Sud shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 122 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 225 |
| Number of families | 225 |
| Number of females | 654 |
| Number of males | 525 |
| Number of married females | 295 |
| Number of married males | 205 |
| Number of married persons | 410 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 58 |
| POP F | 654 |
| POP M | 525 |
| POP TOT | 1,179 |
| Total population | 1,179 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 406 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 305 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 711 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 124 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,055 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 222 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 65 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 41 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 116 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 72 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 117 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 30 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 41 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 26 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 124 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 222 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 27 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 48 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 25 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 76 |
| Acres of hay crops | 15 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 151 |
| Acres of land in farms | 176 |
| Acres of potatoes | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 500 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 60 |
| HAY AC | 15 |
| HAY TONS | 20 |
| Number of chickens | 292 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 4 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 58 |
| Number of milk cows | 11 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 7 |
| Number of other cattle | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| Number of swine | 21 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| POT AC | 2 |
| POT BU | 500 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 720 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 20 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT FALL BU | 60 |
Other recorded variables (52 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 720 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 406 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 305 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 711 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 225 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 124 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 292 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 58 |
| HOUSES | 222 |
| HOUSES B | 65 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 26 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 41 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 72 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES S | 41 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 124 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 30 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 8 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 117 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 39 |
| HOUSES W | 116 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 205 |
| MD MALE | 205 |
| MD TOT | 410 |
| MILK COWS | 11 |
| NAME CD | Brockville |
| OC F | 4 |
| OC P | 3 |
| OC TOT | 7 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 5 |
| OTHERS | 1,055 |
| SUP AM | 151 |
| SUP FOR | 25 |
| SUP JV | 27 |
| SUP PAT | 48 |
| SUP SC | 76 |
| SUP TOT | 176 |
| SWINE | 21 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 222 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| WID FEM | 43 |
| WID MALE | 15 |
| WID TOT | 58 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON050004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047004 — 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, South Ward—Quartier Sud, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-town-south-ward-quartier-sud-on050004-1891/.