Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1881 census)
Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,225. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.230°N, 76.485°W.
Population
In 1881, Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,225: 552 male and 673 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Kingston, Rideau, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,225 total population, 673 females, 552 males, 372 married persons, 281 families, 189 married females, 183 married males, 83 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 770 single persons under 18, 420 single females under 18, 350 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 224 occupied houses, 223 inhabited houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 131 bushels of barley, 80 bushels of potatoes, 60 bushels of oats, 30 acres of hay crops, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 20 tons of hay, 18 bushels of other root crops, 2 acres of wheat, 1 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 16 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Hamilton | 1802–1882 | died here |
| James Williamson | 1806–1895 | died here |
| John Stewart | 1812–1891 | 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 |
| James Vincent Cleary | 1828–1898 | 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 |
| Frederick Mckelvey Bell | 1878–1931 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,221 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON116005— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-ontario-ward-quartier-on116005-1881/.