Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Ontario (1891 census)
Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,407. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.247°N, 79.852°W.
Population
In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 had a population of 4,407: 2,150 male and 2,257 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,315 |
| 1891 | 4,407 |
| 1901 | 4,864 |
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, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,407 total population, 2,257 females, 2,150 males, 1,453 married persons, 869 families, 729 married females, 724 married males, 250 widowed persons, 191 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,704 single persons under 18, 1,367 single males under 18, 1,337 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,400 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 866 houses, 866 occupied houses, 568 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 564 houses of 2 stories, 561 houses built of brick, 289 houses built of wood, 272 houses of 1 story, 103 houses of 5 rooms, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 62 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 3 stories, 16 houses built of stone, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,058 chickens, 730 bushels of turnips, 370 bushels of oats, 156 occupants of farms, 155 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 150 bushels of potatoes, 149 horses aged over 3 years, 122 farm occupants who own their land, 102 acres of improved land in farms, 102 acres of land in farms, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 95 bushels of peas, 78 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 70 bushels of barley, 50 pounds of homemade butter, 46 ducks, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 30 milk cows, 24 tons of hay, 23 geese, 20 acres of farmland under crops, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 acres of hay crops, 11 acres of oats, 9 other fowl, 4 acres of farmland in pasture, 4 acres of turnips, 4 acres of wheat, 3 acres of barley, 3 swine, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms, 1 other cattle, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 15 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald McKellar | 1816–1894 | died here |
| Frederick James Rastrick | 1819–1897 | died here |
| John Townsend | 1819–1892 | died here |
| William Proudfoot | 1823–1903 | died here |
| Thomas McIlwraith | 1824–1903 | died here |
| Frederick William Fearman | 1825–1906 | died here |
| Andrew Trew Wood | 1826–1903 | died here |
| Robert Campbell | 1826–1898 | died here |
| Alexander Hamilton Wingfield | 1828–1896 | died here |
| William Hendrie | 1831–1906 | died here |
| George Elias Tuckett | 1835–1900 | died here |
| James A. Ryan | 1840–1896 | died here |
| John James Mason | 1842–1903 | died here |
| Alexander Aitchison | 1850–1905 | died here |
| Henry Duncan Graham Crerar | 1888–1965 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON072001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON069001_1881— 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). "Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-1-on072001-1891/.