Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 4, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 4 (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 4 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,726. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.267°N, 79.884°W.

Population

In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 4 had a population of 7,726: 3,858 male and 3,868 female residents. Population density was 6304.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	5,950
1891	7,726
1901	7,806

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. 4 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 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	1,568
Number of families	1,568
Number of females	3,868
Number of males	3,858
Number of married females	1,406
Number of married males	1,410
Number of married persons	2,816
Number of widowed females	252
Number of widowed males	106
Number of widowed persons	358
POP F	3,868
POP M	3,858
POP TOT	7,726
Total population	7,726

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,210
Number of single males under 18	2,342
Number of single persons under 18	4,552

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	30
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	7,696

Buildings & housing (20 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	1,560
Number of houses built of brick	708
Number of houses built of stone	12
Number of houses built of wood	840
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	782
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	33
Number of houses of 2 rooms	16
Number of houses of 2 stories	746
Number of houses of 3 rooms	54
Number of houses of 3 stories	31
Number of houses of 4 rooms	175
Number of houses of 5 rooms	327
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	942
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	12
Number of houses under construction	7
Number of occupied houses	1,561
Number of uninhabited houses	61

Agriculture (50 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	48
Acres of farmland in pasture	37
Acres of farmland under crops	41
Acres of hay crops	21
Acres of improved land in farms	126
Acres of land in farms	126
Acres of oats	10
Acres of potatoes	18
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	10
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	86
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	599
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	295
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	79
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,286
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	70
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	668
CRN BU	599
HAY AC	21
HAY TONS	40
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	4
Number of chickens	2,255
Number of ducks	103
Number of farm occupants who own their land	86
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	25
Number of geese	22
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	11
Number of horses aged over 3 years	294
Number of milk cows	76
Number of occupants of farms	111
Number of other cattle	21
Number of other fowl	52
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	108
Number of sheep	11
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	6
Number of swine	63
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	32
OAT AC	10
OAT BU	295
PEA BU	79
POT AC	18
POT BU	2,286
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	25
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	25
Pounds of homemade butter	2,310
Tons of hay produced in the past year	40
WHT AC	10
WHT SP BU	70

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	3
BEN BU	86
BUTTER LB	2,310
CATTLE KS	4
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,210
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,342
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	4,552
COARSE WOOL LB	25
COLTS FILLIES	11
DUCKS	103
FAMILIES	1,568
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FINE WOOL LB	25
FRN CA	30
GEESE	22
HENS AND CHKN	2,255
HORSES OVR THREE	294
HOUSES	1,560
HOUSES B	708
HOUSES CON	7
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	33
HOUSES FIVE RM	327
HOUSES FOUR RM	175
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	782
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	12
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	942
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	12
HOUSES THREE RM	54
HOUSES THREE STRY	31
HOUSES TWO RM	16
HOUSES TWO STRY	746
HOUSES UNINH	61
HOUSES W	840
INF 11 A	108
MD FEM	1,406
MD MALE	1,410
MD TOT	2,816
MILK COWS	76
NAME CD	Hamilton, City—Cité
OC F	25
OC P	86
OC TOT	111
OTHER FOWL	52
OTHER HRN CATTLE	21
OTHERS	7,696
SHEEP	11
SHEEP KS	6
SUP AM	126
SUP JV	48
SUP PAT	37
SUP SC	41
SUP TOT	126
SWINE	63
SWINE KS	32
TOT DWLG OCC	1,561
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	668
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	252
WID MALE	106
WID TOT	358
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON072004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069004 — 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. 4, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-4-on072004-1891/.