Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7 (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7 was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 9,375. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.262°N, 79.845°W.

Population

In 1891, Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7 had a population of 9,375: 4,570 male and 4,805 female residents. Population density was 6241.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	5,363
1891	9,375
1901	9,304

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. 7 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	1,906
Number of families	1,906
Number of females	4,805
Number of males	4,570
Number of married females	1,638
Number of married males	1,633
Number of married persons	3,271
Number of widowed females	312
Number of widowed males	103
Number of widowed persons	415
POP F	4,805
POP M	4,570
POP TOT	9,375
Total population	9,375

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,855
Number of single males under 18	2,834
Number of single persons under 18	5,689

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	62
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	9,313

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,892
Number of houses built of brick	884
Number of houses built of stone	15
Number of houses built of wood	993
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	834
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	28
Number of houses of 2 rooms	11
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,033
Number of houses of 3 rooms	44
Number of houses of 3 stories	24
Number of houses of 4 rooms	139
Number of houses of 5 rooms	439
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	1,226
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	26
Number of occupied houses	1,892
Number of uninhabited houses	132

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	6
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	76
Acres of farmland in pasture	27
Acres of farmland under crops	20
Acres of hay crops	23
Acres of improved land in farms	123
Acres of land in farms	123
Acres of oats	63
Acres of potatoes	11
Acres of turnips	11
Acres of wheat	32
BAR AC	6
BAR BU	200
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	200
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	27
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,050
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	170
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,166
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	330
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,093
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	100
CRN BU	27
HAY AC	23
HAY TONS	41
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	61
Number of chickens	2,941
Number of ducks	54
Number of farm occupants who own their land	187
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	86
Number of geese	26
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	17
Number of horses aged over 3 years	337
Number of milk cows	49
Number of occupants of farms	273
Number of other cattle	234
Number of other fowl	166
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	272
Number of sheep	6
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	6
Number of swine	78
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	48
Number of turkeys	6
OAT AC	63
OAT BU	2,050
PEA BU	170
POT AC	11
POT BU	1,166
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	42
Pounds of homemade butter	1,794
Tons of hay produced in the past year	41
WHT AC	32
WHT FALL BU	100
WHT SP BU	330

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
BUTTER LB	1,794
CATTLE KS	61
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,855
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,834
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	5,689
COARSE WOOL LB	42
COLTS FILLIES	17
DUCKS	54
FAMILIES	1,906
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FRN CA	62
GEESE	26
HENS AND CHKN	2,941
HORSES OVR THREE	337
HOUSES	1,892
HOUSES B	884
HOUSES CON	26
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	28
HOUSES FIVE RM	439
HOUSES FOUR RM	139
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	834
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	15
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	1,226
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	44
HOUSES THREE STRY	24
HOUSES TWO RM	11
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,033
HOUSES UNINH	132
HOUSES W	993
INF 11 A	272
MD FEM	1,638
MD MALE	1,633
MD TOT	3,271
MILK COWS	49
NAME CD	Hamilton, City—Cité
OC F	86
OC P	187
OC TOT	273
OTHER FOWL	166
OTHER HRN CATTLE	234
OTHERS	9,313
SHEEP	6
SHEEP KS	6
SUP AM	123
SUP JV	76
SUP PAT	27
SUP SC	20
SUP TOT	123
SWINE	78
SWINE KS	48
TOT DWLG OCC	1,892
TUR AC	11
TUR BU	2,093
TURKEY	6
WID FEM	312
WID MALE	103
WID TOT	415

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON072007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069007 — 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. 7, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/hamilton-ward-quartier-no-7-on072007-1891/.