Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 2, Ontario (1891 census)
Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 2 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,331. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.251°N, 79.871°W.
Population
In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 2 had a population of 4,331: 1,928 male and 2,403 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 4,141 |
| 1891 | 4,331 |
| 1901 | 6,071 |
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. 2 shared boundaries with:
- Barton
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 1
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5
- Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 6
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 56 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,331 total population, 2,403 females, 1,928 males, 1,315 married persons, 819 families, 662 married females, 653 married males, 261 widowed persons, 204 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,755 single persons under 18, 1,537 single females under 18, 1,218 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,309 persons who are not French Canadian, 22 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 809 houses, 809 occupied houses, 491 houses of 2 stories, 464 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 437 houses built of brick, 250 houses built of wood, 176 houses of 1 story, 136 houses of 3 stories, 134 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 122 houses built of stone, 98 houses of 5 rooms, 67 uninhabited houses, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 31 houses of over 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses under construction, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 906 chickens, 684 horses aged over 3 years, 91 occupants of farms, 91 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 85 bushels of potatoes, 74 farm occupants who own their land, 71 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 71 acres of improved land in farms, 71 acres of land in farms, 60 bushels of turnips, 60 swine slaughtered or sold, 34 milk cows, 20 cattle killed or sold, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 ducks, 6 other cattle, 4 swine, 1 bushels of beans, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON072002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON069002_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. 2, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-2-on072002-1891/.