Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Kingston, Cataraqui, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

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 density was 5162.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	1,658
1861	2,812
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 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.10
FAM NO	697
Number of families	697
Number of females	1,813
Number of males	1,776
Number of married females	549
Number of married males	549
Number of married persons	1,098
Number of widowed females	130
Number of widowed males	23
Number of widowed persons	153
POP F	1,813
POP M	1,776
POP TOT	3,589
Total population	3,589

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,134
Number of single males under 18	1,204
Number of single persons under 18	2,338

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	100
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	3,489

Buildings & housing (20 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	643
Number of houses built of brick	156
Number of houses built of stone	129
Number of houses built of wood	358
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	130
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	20
Number of houses of 2 rooms	20
Number of houses of 2 stories	469
Number of houses of 3 rooms	49
Number of houses of 3 stories	43
Number of houses of 4 rooms	69
Number of houses of 5 rooms	97
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	379
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	7
Number of houses under construction	10
Number of occupied houses	644
Number of uninhabited houses	36

Agriculture (51 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	12
Acres of farmland in pasture	54
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	41
Acres of hay crops	55
Acres of improved land in farms	61
Acres of land in farms	102
Acres of oats	12
Acres of potatoes	1
Acres of wheat	10
BAR AC	12
BAR BU	300
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	300
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	300
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	100
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	100
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	50
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	50
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	50
HAY AC	55
HAY TONS	55
Number of chickens	1,175
Number of ducks	63
Number of farm occupants who own their land	2
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	69
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	6
Number of horses aged over 3 years	85
Number of milk cows	49
Number of occupants of farms	4
Number of other cattle	7
Number of other fowl	32
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	2
Number of sheep	7
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	4
Number of swine	20
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	40
Number of turkeys	1
OAT AC	12
OAT BU	300
PEA BU	100
POT AC	1
POT BU	100
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	24
Pounds of homemade butter	1,822
Tons of hay produced in the past year	55
WHT AC	10
WHT FALL BU	50
WHT SP BU	50

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
A 51 100	1
BUTTER LB	1,822
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,134
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,204
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	2,338
COLTS FILLIES	6
DUCKS	63
FAMILIES	697
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.10
FINE WOOL LB	24
FRN CA	100
GEESE	69
HENS AND CHKN	1,175
HORSES OVR THREE	85
HOUSES	643
HOUSES B	156
HOUSES CON	10
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	20
HOUSES FIVE RM	97
HOUSES FOUR RM	69
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	130
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	129
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	379
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	7
HOUSES THREE RM	49
HOUSES THREE STRY	43
HOUSES TWO RM	20
HOUSES TWO STRY	469
HOUSES UNINH	36
HOUSES W	358
INF 11 A	2
MD FEM	549
MD MALE	549
MD TOT	1,098
MILK COWS	49
NAME CD	Kingston, City—Cité
OC F	2
OC P	2
OC TOT	4
OTHER FOWL	32
OTHER HRN CATTLE	7
OTHERS	3,489
SHEEP	7
SHEEP KS	4
SUP AM	61
SUP FOR	41
SUP PAT	54
SUP TOT	102
SWINE	20
SWINE KS	40
TOT DWLG OCC	644
TUR BU	50
TURKEY	1
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	130
WID MALE	23
WID TOT	153
WORKING OX	2

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/.