Hamilton, Ward—Quartier No. 7, Ontario (1891 census)
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 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 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 9,375 total population, 4,805 females, 4,570 males, 3,271 married persons, 1,906 families, 1,638 married females, 1,633 married males, 415 widowed persons, 312 widowed females, 103 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,689 single persons under 18, 2,855 single females under 18, 2,834 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 9,313 persons who are not French Canadian, 62 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,892 houses, 1,892 occupied houses, 1,226 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,033 houses of 2 stories, 993 houses built of wood, 884 houses built of brick, 834 houses of 1 story, 439 houses of 5 rooms, 139 houses of 4 rooms, 132 uninhabited houses, 44 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses under construction, 24 houses of 3 stories, 15 houses built of stone, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,941 chickens, 2,093 bushels of turnips, 2,050 bushels of oats, 1,794 pounds of homemade butter, 1,166 bushels of potatoes, 337 horses aged over 3 years, 330 bushels of spring wheat, 273 occupants of farms, 272 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 234 other cattle, 200 bushels of barley, 187 farm occupants who own their land, 170 bushels of peas, 166 other fowl, 123 acres of improved land in farms, 123 acres of land in farms, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 86 farm occupants who rent their land, 78 swine, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 acres of oats, 61 cattle killed or sold, 54 ducks, 49 milk cows, 48 swine slaughtered or sold, 42 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 41 tons of hay, 32 acres of wheat, 27 acres of farmland in pasture, 27 bushels of corn, 26 geese, 23 acres of hay crops, 20 acres of farmland under crops, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of turnips, 6 acres of barley, 6 sheep, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 6 turkeys, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.