Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1, Ontario (1881 census)
Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.247°N, 79.852°W.
Population
In 1881, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 had a population of 3,315: 1,584 male and 1,731 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,315 total population, 1,731 females, 1,584 males, 1,008 married persons, 625 families, 512 married females, 496 married males, 192 widowed persons, 157 widowed females, 35 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,115 single persons under 18, 1,062 single females under 18, 1,053 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 613 inhabited houses, 613 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 80 bushels of other root crops, 75 bushels of oats, 65 bushels of potatoes, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 10 bushels of corn, 7 acres of wheat, 1 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 26 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Calvin McQuesten | 1801–1885 | died here |
| John Herbert Caddy | 1801–1883 | died here |
| Isaac Buchanan | 1810–1883 | died here |
| Thomas Brock Fuller | 1810–1884 | died here |
| Adam Hope | 1813–1882 | died here |
| Archibald McKellar | 1816–1894 | died here |
| Dennis Moore | 1817–1887 | died here |
| Edward Gurney | 1817–1884 | died here |
| James Williams | 1818–1890 | died here |
| Frederick James Rastrick | 1819–1897 | died here |
| John Townsend | 1819–1892 | died here |
| Alexander Ferrie Kemp | 1822–1884 | 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 Harvey | 1827–1886 | died here |
| Alexander Hamilton Wingfield | 1828–1896 | died here |
| Harriet Annie Wilkins | 1829–1888 | 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 |
| Katie McVicar | 1856–1886 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,315 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON149001— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-1-on149001-1881/.