Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5 (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,605. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.273°N, 79.876°W.

Population

In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 5 had a population of 6,605: 3,234 male and 3,371 female residents. Population density was 10942.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	6,068
1891	6,605
1901	6,545

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. 5 shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 142 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	1,212
Number of families	1,212
Number of females	3,371
Number of males	3,234
Number of married females	1,019
Number of married males	1,027
Number of married persons	2,046
Number of widowed females	260
Number of widowed males	116
Number of widowed persons	376
POP F	3,371
POP M	3,234
POP TOT	6,605
Total population	6,605

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,092
Number of single males under 18	2,091
Number of single persons under 18	4,183

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	34
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	6,571

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,201
Number of houses built of brick	594
Number of houses built of stone	74
Number of houses built of wood	533
Number of houses of 1 room	4
Number of houses of 1 story	383
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	62
Number of houses of 2 rooms	9
Number of houses of 2 stories	667
Number of houses of 3 rooms	41
Number of houses of 3 stories	147
Number of houses of 4 rooms	113
Number of houses of 5 rooms	238
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	707
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	4
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	27
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	1,201
Number of uninhabited houses	67

Agriculture (44 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	26
Acres of farmland in pasture	40
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	270
Acres of farmland under crops	109
Acres of hay crops	5
Acres of improved land in farms	175
Acres of land in farms	445
Acres of oats	2
Acres of potatoes	3
Acres of wheat	37
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	50
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	322
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	500
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	4
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	200
HAY AC	5
HAY TONS	7
Number of chickens	1,708
Number of ducks	59
Number of farm occupants who own their land	24
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	8
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	259
Number of milk cows	19
Number of occupants of farms	32
Number of other cattle	7
Number of other fowl	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	29
Number of sheep	19
Number of swine	20
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	5
Number of turkeys	6
OAT AC	2
OAT BU	50
POT AC	3
POT BU	322
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	76
Pounds of homemade butter	450
Tons of hay produced in the past year	7
WHT AC	37
WHT FALL BU	200
WHT SP BU	500

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	2
BUTTER LB	450
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,092
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,091
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	4,183
COARSE WOOL LB	76
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	59
FAMILIES	1,212
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FRN CA	34
HENS AND CHKN	1,708
HORSES OVR THREE	259
HOUSES	1,201
HOUSES B	594
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	62
HOUSES FIVE RM	238
HOUSES FOUR RM	113
HOUSES ONE RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	383
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	4
HOUSES S	74
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	707
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	27
HOUSES THREE RM	41
HOUSES THREE STRY	147
HOUSES TWO RM	9
HOUSES TWO STRY	667
HOUSES UNINH	67
HOUSES W	533
INF 11 A	29
MD FEM	1,019
MD MALE	1,027
MD TOT	2,046
MILK COWS	19
NAME CD	Hamilton, City—Cité
OC F	8
OC P	24
OC TOT	32
OTHER FOWL	2
OTHER HRN CATTLE	7
OTHERS	6,571
SHEEP	19
SUP AM	175
SUP FOR	270
SUP JV	26
SUP PAT	40
SUP SC	109
SUP TOT	445
SWINE	20
SWINE KS	5
TOT DWLG OCC	1,201
TUR BU	4
TURKEY	6
WID FEM	260
WID MALE	116
WID TOT	376

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON072005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069005 — 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. 5, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-5-on072005-1891/.