Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1861 census)

Name: Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier (1861)
Address: Ontario, CA

Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 1,553. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.230°N, 76.485°W.

Population

In 1861, Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,553: 743 male and 810 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	1,553
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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Kingston, Ontario Ward, 1851 (91.3% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Hotel Dieu, 1851 (8.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 1,553 total population, 810 females, 743 males, Female members of the family who are present: 695, Male members of the family who are present: 615, 561 single females, 513 single males, 204 married males, 195 married females, 146 females attending school, 136 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 128, Females present who are not members of the family: 115, 54 widowed females, 33 adult females unable to read or write, 26 widowed males, 22 male births, 21 adult males unable to read or write, 20 female births, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 115 single females aged 15 to 20, 115 single males aged 20 to 30, 107 single females aged 20 to 30, 87 single females aged 10 to 15, 86 single males aged 15 to 20, 83 females aged 5 to 10, 76 single males aged 10 to 15, 64 males aged 5 to 10, 64 married males aged 40 to 50, 62 married females aged 30 to 40, 58 married males aged 30 to 40, 57 married females aged 20 to 30, 47 married females aged 40 to 50, 34 single males aged 30 to 40, 33 married males aged 20 to 30, 28 females aged 4 to 5, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 females age 3 to 4, 24 females aged 1 to 2, 24 females aged 2 to 3, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 21 males aged 1 to 2, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 21 single females aged 30 to 40, 20 males aged 4 to 5, 19 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 single males aged 40 to 50, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 15 single females aged 40 to 50, 12 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 11 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 50 to 60, 8 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 single females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 5 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 single males aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 married females aged 15 to 20, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 720 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 548 persons originating in Ireland, 102 persons originating in England or Wales, 66 persons originating in Scotland, 56 persons originating in the United States, 18 French Canadians, 11 negroes or coloured persons, 9 persons whose origin is unknown, 8 persons originating in New Brunswick, 6 male negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 5 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 4 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in France, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in the East Indies, 2 persons originating in Italy or Greece, 2 persons originating in Sweden or Norway, 2 persons originating in the West Indies. 2 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 21 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 11, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 10, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 15 to 20: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 33 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Name	Lifespan	Connection
George Okill Stuart	1776–1862	died here
John Simpson	1788–1873	died here
James Sampson	1789–1861	died here
George Herchmer Markland	1790–1862	died here
John Machar	1796–1863	died here
John Counter	1799–1862	died here
William Coverdale	1801–1865	died here
John Hamilton	1802–1882	died here
Patrick Dollard	1804–1868	died here
Thomas Kirkpatrick	1805–1870	died here
James Williamson	1806–1895	died here
James Morton	1808–1864	died here
John Palmer Litchfield	1808–1868	died here
John Stewart	1812–1891	died here
Sir Henry Smith	1812–1868	died here
James Moir Ferres	1813–1870	died here
William Leitch	1814–1864	died here
Edward John Horan	1817–1875	died here
George Algernon Richardson	1819–1892	died here
Schuyler Shibley	1820–1890	died here
William Sawyer	1820–1889	died here
Horatio Yates	1821–1882	died here
Charles Sangster	1822–1893	died here
J. B. (John Bower) Mowat	1825–1900	died here
Michael Lavell	1825–1901	died here
Overton Smith Gildersleeve	1825–1864	died here
James Vincent Cleary	1828–1898	died here
John C. Fox	1832–1868	died here
George Monro Grant	1835–1902	died here
Anderson Veney	1845–1894	died here
William George Metcalf	1847–1885	died here
Joseph-Damase Chartrand	1852–1905	died here
Sir Henry Mill Pellatt	1859–1939	born here

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON109003 — 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 1861 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 (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-ontario-ward-quartier-on109003-1861/.