Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,265. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.230°N, 76.485°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,265: 579 male and 686 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,262 |
| 1881 | 1,225 |
| 1891 | 1,265 |
| 1901 | 1,035 |
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, Ontario, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Kingston, Rideau, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,265 total population, 686 females, 579 males, 372 married persons, 254 families, 191 married males, 181 married females, 108 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 785 single persons under 18, 427 single females under 18, 358 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,242 persons who are not French Canadian, 23 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 241 houses, 241 occupied houses, 144 houses of 2 stories, 120 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 97 houses built of brick, 80 houses of 3 stories, 76 houses built of stone, 68 houses built of wood, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 1 story, 9 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 313 chickens, 120 other fowl, 58 horses aged over 3 years, 48 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 42 milk cows, 16 swine, 12 geese, 12 sheep, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 other cattle, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 12 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Williamson | 1806–1895 | died here |
| John Stewart | 1812–1891 | died here |
| George Algernon Richardson | 1819–1892 | died here |
| Charles Sangster | 1822–1893 | died here |
| J. B. (John Bower) Mowat | 1825–1900 | died here |
| Michael Lavell | 1825–1901 | died here |
| James Vincent Cleary | 1828–1898 | died here |
| George Monro Grant | 1835–1902 | died here |
| Anderson Veney | 1845–1894 | died here |
| Joseph-Damase Chartrand | 1852–1905 | died here |
| Frederick Mckelvey Bell | 1878–1931 | born here |
| James A. (James Armstrong) Richardson | 1885–1939 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON077003— 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, Ontario, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-ontario-ward-quartier-on080003-1891/.