Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

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 density was 4832.6 people per square mile.

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 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5
FAM NO	869
Number of families	869
Number of females	2,257
Number of males	2,150
Number of married females	729
Number of married males	724
Number of married persons	1,453
Number of widowed females	191
Number of widowed males	59
Number of widowed persons	250
POP F	2,257
POP M	2,150
POP TOT	4,407
Total population	4,407

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,337
Number of single males under 18	1,367
Number of single persons under 18	2,704

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	7
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	4,400

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	866
Number of houses built of brick	561
Number of houses built of stone	16
Number of houses built of wood	289
Number of houses of 1 story	272
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	67
Number of houses of 2 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 stories	564
Number of houses of 3 rooms	30
Number of houses of 3 stories	29
Number of houses of 4 rooms	85
Number of houses of 5 rooms	103
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	568
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	9
Number of houses under construction	9
Number of occupied houses	866
Number of uninhabited houses	62

Agriculture (46 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	3
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	78
Acres of farmland in pasture	4
Acres of farmland under crops	20
Acres of hay crops	12
Acres of improved land in farms	102
Acres of land in farms	102
Acres of oats	11
Acres of potatoes	2
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	4
BAR AC	3
BAR BU	70
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	70
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	370
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	95
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	150
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	730
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	100
HAY AC	12
HAY TONS	24
Number of chickens	1,058
Number of ducks	46
Number of employees on farms	1
Number of farm occupants who own their land	122
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	33
Number of geese	23
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	149
Number of milk cows	30
Number of occupants of farms	156
Number of other cattle	1
Number of other fowl	9
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	155
Number of swine	3
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	11
OAT BU	370
PEA BU	95
POT AC	2
POT BU	150
Pounds of homemade butter	50
Tons of hay produced in the past year	24
WHT AC	4
WHT FALL BU	100

Other recorded variables (56 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
BUTTER LB	50
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,337
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,367
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	2,704
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	46
FAMILIES	869
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FRN CA	7
GEESE	23
HENS AND CHKN	1,058
HORSES OVR THREE	149
HOUSES	866
HOUSES B	561
HOUSES CON	9
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	67
HOUSES FIVE RM	103
HOUSES FOUR RM	85
HOUSES ONE STRY	272
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	16
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	568
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	9
HOUSES THREE RM	30
HOUSES THREE STRY	29
HOUSES TWO RM	4
HOUSES TWO STRY	564
HOUSES UNINH	62
HOUSES W	289
INF 11 A	155
MD FEM	729
MD MALE	724
MD TOT	1,453
MILK COWS	30
NAME CD	Hamilton, City—Cité
OC E	1
OC F	33
OC P	122
OC TOT	156
OTHER FOWL	9
OTHER HRN CATTLE	1
OTHERS	4,400
SUP AM	102
SUP JV	78
SUP PAT	4
SUP SC	20
SUP TOT	102
SWINE	3
TOT DWLG OCC	866
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	730
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	191
WID MALE	59
WID TOT	250

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON072001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069001 — 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/.