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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,707 |
| 1881 | 1,803 |
| 1891 | 2,331 |
| 1901 | 2,275 |
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:
- Brockville Town, North Ward—Quartier Nord
- Brockville Town, South Ward—Quartier Sud
- Brockville, Centre Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,331 total population, 1,197 females, 1,134 males, 849 married persons, 491 families, 425 married females, 424 married males, 112 widowed persons, 93 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,370 single persons under 18, 691 single males under 18, 679 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,309 persons who are not French Canadian, 22 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 487 houses, 487 occupied houses, 372 houses built of wood, 337 houses of 1 story, 319 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 148 houses of 2 stories, 91 houses built of brick, 87 houses of 5 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 24 houses built of stone, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,944 pounds of homemade butter, 1,464 bushels of potatoes, 1,197 chickens, 207 swine, 176 swine slaughtered or sold, 115 bushels of corn, 104 acres of land in farms, 103 acres of improved land in farms, 83 horses aged over 3 years, 57 acres of farmland under crops, 54 milk cows, 50 bushels of oats, 30 acres of farmland in pasture, 28 tons of hay, 19 acres of hay crops, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 acres of potatoes, 11 ducks, 10 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of turnips, 10 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 9 occupants of farms, 7 farm occupants who own their land, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 other cattle, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 geese, 4 acres of oats, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 sheep, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1 cattle killed or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.