Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
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 density was 14028.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 254 |
| Number of families | 254 |
| Number of females | 686 |
| Number of males | 579 |
| Number of married females | 181 |
| Number of married males | 191 |
| Number of married persons | 372 |
| Number of widowed females | 78 |
| Number of widowed males | 30 |
| Number of widowed persons | 108 |
| POP F | 686 |
| POP M | 579 |
| POP TOT | 1,265 |
| Total population | 1,265 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 427 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 358 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 785 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 23 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,242 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 241 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 97 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 76 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 68 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 11 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 144 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 80 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 31 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 120 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 241 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of chickens | 313 |
| Number of geese | 12 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 4 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 58 |
| Number of milk cows | 42 |
| Number of other cattle | 4 |
| Number of other fowl | 120 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of sheep | 12 |
| Number of swine | 16 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 48 |
Other recorded variables (44 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 427 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 358 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 785 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 48 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 4 |
| FAMILIES | 254 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FRN CA | 23 |
| GEESE | 12 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 313 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 58 |
| HOUSES | 241 |
| HOUSES B | 97 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 21 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 22 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 31 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 11 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES S | 76 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 120 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 9 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 17 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 80 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 144 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 12 |
| HOUSES W | 68 |
| MD FEM | 181 |
| MD MALE | 191 |
| MD TOT | 372 |
| MILK COWS | 42 |
| NAME CD | Kingston, City—Cité |
| OTHER FOWL | 120 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 4 |
| OTHERS | 1,242 |
| SHEEP | 12 |
| SWINE | 16 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 241 |
| WID FEM | 78 |
| WID MALE | 30 |
| WID TOT | 108 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
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/.