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 60 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,179 total population, 654 females, 525 males, 410 married persons, 295 married females, 225 families, 205 married males, 58 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 711 single persons under 18, 406 single females under 18, 305 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,055 persons who are not French Canadian, 124 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 222 houses, 222 occupied houses, 124 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 117 houses of 2 stories, 116 houses built of wood, 72 houses of 1 story, 65 houses built of brick, 41 houses built of stone, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 3 stories, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 720 pounds of homemade butter, 500 bushels of potatoes, 292 chickens, 176 acres of land in farms, 151 acres of improved land in farms, 76 acres of farmland under crops, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 58 horses aged over 3 years, 48 acres of farmland in pasture, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21 swine, 20 tons of hay, 15 acres of hay crops, 11 milk cows, 7 occupants of farms, 5 other cattle, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 acres of wheat, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.