Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Brockville, West Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Brockville, West Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.588°N, 75.693°W.
Population
In 1891, Brockville, West Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,331: 1,134 male and 1,197 female residents. Population density was 6985.8 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, West Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.70 |
| FAM NO | 491 |
| Number of families | 491 |
| Number of females | 1,197 |
| Number of males | 1,134 |
| Number of married females | 425 |
| Number of married males | 424 |
| Number of married persons | 849 |
| Number of widowed females | 93 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 112 |
| POP F | 1,197 |
| POP M | 1,134 |
| POP TOT | 2,331 |
| Total population | 2,331 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 679 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 691 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,370 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 22 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,309 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 487 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 91 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 24 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 372 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 337 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 148 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 51 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 87 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 319 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 487 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 29 |
Agriculture (41 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 16 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 30 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 57 |
| Acres of hay crops | 19 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 103 |
| Acres of land in farms | 104 |
| Acres of oats | 4 |
| Acres of potatoes | 14 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 115 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,464 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10 |
| CRN BU | 115 |
| HAY AC | 19 |
| HAY TONS | 28 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 1 |
| Number of chickens | 1,197 |
| Number of ducks | 11 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 7 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 83 |
| Number of milk cows | 54 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 9 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 6 |
| Number of sheep | 2 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 2 |
| Number of swine | 207 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 176 |
| OAT AC | 4 |
| OAT BU | 50 |
| POT AC | 14 |
| POT BU | 1,464 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 10 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,944 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 28 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| BEN BU | 10 |
| BUTTER LB | 2,944 |
| CATTLE KS | 1 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 679 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 691 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,370 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 491 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.70 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 10 |
| FRN CA | 22 |
| GEESE | 5 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,197 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 83 |
| HOUSES | 487 |
| HOUSES B | 91 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 87 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 51 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 337 |
| HOUSES S | 24 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 319 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 19 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 148 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 29 |
| HOUSES W | 372 |
| INF 11 A | 6 |
| MD FEM | 425 |
| MD MALE | 424 |
| MD TOT | 849 |
| MILK COWS | 54 |
| NAME CD | Brockville |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 7 |
| OC TOT | 9 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 2,309 |
| SHEEP | 2 |
| SHEEP KS | 2 |
| SUP AM | 103 |
| SUP FOR | 1 |
| SUP JV | 16 |
| SUP PAT | 30 |
| SUP SC | 57 |
| SUP TOT | 104 |
| SWINE | 207 |
| SWINE KS | 176 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 487 |
| TUR BU | 10 |
| WID FEM | 93 |
| WID MALE | 19 |
| WID TOT | 112 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON050005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON047005 — 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, West Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/brockville-west-ward-quartier-on050005-1891/.