Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
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 density was 8027.9 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 114 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 819 |
| Number of families | 819 |
| Number of females | 2,403 |
| Number of males | 1,928 |
| Number of married females | 662 |
| Number of married males | 653 |
| Number of married persons | 1,315 |
| Number of widowed females | 204 |
| Number of widowed males | 57 |
| Number of widowed persons | 261 |
| POP F | 2,403 |
| POP M | 1,928 |
| POP TOT | 4,331 |
| Total population | 4,331 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,537 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,218 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,755 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 22 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 4,309 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 809 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 437 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 122 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 250 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 176 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 134 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 491 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 136 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 52 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 98 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 464 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 31 |
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of occupied houses | 809 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 67 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 71 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 71 |
| Acres of land in farms | 71 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 85 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 60 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 20 |
| Number of chickens | 906 |
| Number of ducks | 11 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 74 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 16 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 684 |
| Number of milk cows | 34 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 91 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 91 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 15 |
| Number of swine | 4 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 60 |
| POT BU | 85 |
Other recorded variables (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BEN BU | 1 |
| CATTLE KS | 20 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,537 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,218 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,755 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 819 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 22 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 906 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 684 |
| HOUSES | 809 |
| HOUSES B | 437 |
| HOUSES CON | 10 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 134 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 98 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 52 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 176 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES S | 122 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 464 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 31 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 17 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 136 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 491 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 67 |
| HOUSES W | 250 |
| INF 11 A | 91 |
| MD FEM | 662 |
| MD MALE | 653 |
| MD TOT | 1,315 |
| MILK COWS | 34 |
| NAME CD | Hamilton, City—Cité |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 16 |
| OC P | 74 |
| OC TOT | 91 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 4,309 |
| SHEEP KS | 15 |
| SUP AM | 71 |
| SUP JV | 71 |
| SUP TOT | 71 |
| SWINE | 4 |
| SWINE KS | 60 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 809 |
| TUR BU | 60 |
| WID FEM | 204 |
| WID MALE | 57 |
| WID TOT | 261 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON072002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON069002 — 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/.