Cornwall, West, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Cornwall, West, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,397. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.020°N, 74.737°W.
Population
In 1891, Cornwall, West, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,397: 1,180 male and 1,217 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Cornwall, West Ward—Quartier, 1881 (70.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cornwall, West, Ward—Quartier 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 2,397 total population, 1,217 females, 1,180 males, 799 married persons, 441 families, 411 married males, 388 married females, 101 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,497 single persons under 18, 753 single females under 18, 744 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,716 persons who are not French Canadian, 681 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 430 houses, 430 occupied houses, 383 houses of 2 stories, 285 houses built of wood, 198 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 135 houses built of brick, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 5 rooms, 42 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 1 story, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 10 houses built of stone, 7 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,579 bushels of potatoes, 2,200 pounds of homemade butter, 1,388 chickens, 456 occupants of farms, 456 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 279 farm occupants who rent their land, 260 acres of improved land in farms, 260 acres of land in farms, 216 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 176 farm occupants who own their land, 115 horses aged over 3 years, 103 milk cows, 84 tons of hay, 57 other fowl, 55 bushels of corn, 52 acres of hay crops, 46 swine, 35 ducks, 33 acres of potatoes, 32 acres of farmland under crops, 13 acres of farmland in pasture, 7 other cattle, 4 cattle killed or sold, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON056004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON056004— 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). "Cornwall, West, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/cornwall-west-ward-quartier-on056004-1891/.