Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3 (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,512. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.253°N, 79.888°W.

Population

In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 3 had a population of 7,512: 3,459 male and 4,053 female residents. Population density was 5757.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	5,089
1891	7,512
1901	8,212

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. 3 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 130 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.90
FAM NO	1,506
Number of families	1,506
Number of females	4,053
Number of males	3,459
Number of married females	1,320
Number of married males	1,313
Number of married persons	2,633
Number of widowed females	277
Number of widowed males	89
Number of widowed persons	366
POP F	4,053
POP M	3,459
POP TOT	7,512
Total population	7,512

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,456
Number of single males under 18	2,057
Number of single persons under 18	4,513

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	13
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	7,499

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,502
Number of houses built of brick	854
Number of houses built of stone	29
Number of houses built of wood	619
Number of houses of 1 story	734
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	126
Number of houses of 2 rooms	8
Number of houses of 2 stories	700
Number of houses of 3 rooms	43
Number of houses of 3 stories	65
Number of houses of 4 rooms	159
Number of houses of 5 rooms	284
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	862
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	3
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	20
Number of houses under construction	17
Number of occupied houses	1,502
Number of uninhabited houses	101

Agriculture (39 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	2
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	53
Acres of farmland in pasture	5
Acres of hay crops	46
Acres of improved land in farms	58
Acres of land in farms	58
Acres of potatoes	4
Acres of wheat	12
BAR AC	2
BAR BU	40
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	40
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	150
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	31
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	459
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	230
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	54
CRN BU	31
HAY AC	46
HAY TONS	55
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1
Number of chickens	3,057
Number of ducks	70
Number of farm occupants who own their land	167
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	34
Number of geese	7
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	335
Number of milk cows	63
Number of occupants of farms	201
Number of other cattle	13
Number of other fowl	7
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	201
Number of swine	10
POT AC	4
POT BU	459
Pounds of homemade butter	51
Tons of hay produced in the past year	55
WHT AC	12
WHT SP BU	230

Other recorded variables (53 variables)

Variable	Value
BEN BU	150
BUTTER LB	51
CATTLE KS	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,456
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,057
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	4,513
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	70
FAMILIES	1,506
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FRN CA	13
GEESE	7
HENS AND CHKN	3,057
HORSES OVR THREE	335
HOUSES	1,502
HOUSES B	854
HOUSES CON	17
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	126
HOUSES FIVE RM	284
HOUSES FOUR RM	159
HOUSES ONE STRY	734
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	3
HOUSES S	29
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	862
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	20
HOUSES THREE RM	43
HOUSES THREE STRY	65
HOUSES TWO RM	8
HOUSES TWO STRY	700
HOUSES UNINH	101
HOUSES W	619
INF 11 A	201
MD FEM	1,320
MD MALE	1,313
MD TOT	2,633
MILK COWS	63
NAME CD	Hamilton, City—Cité
OC F	34
OC P	167
OC TOT	201
OTHER FOWL	7
OTHER HRN CATTLE	13
OTHERS	7,499
SUP AM	58
SUP JV	53
SUP PAT	5
SUP TOT	58
SWINE	10
TOT DWLG OCC	1,502
TUR BU	54
WID FEM	277
WID MALE	89
WID TOT	366

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON072003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069003 — 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. 3, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-3-on072003-1891/.