Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,589. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.244°N, 76.481°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,589: 1,776 male and 1,813 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,036 |
| 1881 | 2,301 |
| 1891 | 3,589 |
| 1901 | 2,951 |
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, Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,589 total population, 1,813 females, 1,776 males, 1,098 married persons, 697 families, 549 married females, 549 married males, 153 widowed persons, 130 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,338 single persons under 18, 1,204 single males under 18, 1,134 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,489 persons who are not French Canadian, 100 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 644 occupied houses, 643 houses, 469 houses of 2 stories, 379 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 358 houses built of wood, 156 houses built of brick, 130 houses of 1 story, 129 houses built of stone, 97 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 3 stories, 36 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses under construction, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,822 pounds of homemade butter, 1,175 chickens, 300 bushels of barley, 300 bushels of oats, 102 acres of land in farms, 100 bushels of peas, 100 bushels of potatoes, 85 horses aged over 3 years, 69 geese, 63 ducks, 61 acres of improved land in farms, 55 acres of hay crops, 55 tons of hay, 54 acres of farmland in pasture, 50 bushels of spring wheat, 50 bushels of turnips, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 49 milk cows, 41 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 32 other fowl, 24 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 20 swine, 12 acres of barley, 12 acres of oats, 10 acres of wheat, 7 other cattle, 7 sheep, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 occupants of farms, 4 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON077001— 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). "Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-cataraqui-ward-quartier-on080001-1891/.