Kingston, Rideau, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Kingston, Rideau, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,464. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.236°N, 76.502°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston, Rideau, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,464: 2,127 male and 2,337 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,066 |
| 1881 | 2,788 |
| 1891 | 4,464 |
| 1901 | 4,363 |
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, Rideau, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Kingston
- Kingston, Frontenac, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, Ontario, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier
- Kingston, Victoria, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,464 total population, 2,337 females, 2,127 males, 1,402 married persons, 871 families, 703 married females, 699 married males, 257 widowed persons, 207 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,805 single persons under 18, 1,427 single females under 18, 1,378 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,444 persons who are not French Canadian, 20 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 860 occupied houses, 857 houses, 729 houses of 2 stories, 581 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 528 houses built of wood, 283 houses built of brick, 130 houses of 5 rooms, 100 houses of 1 story, 93 uninhabited houses, 91 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses built of stone, 28 houses of 3 stories, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses under construction, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,671 chickens, 615 bushels of turnips, 400 bushels of barley, 300 bushels of oats, 241 horses aged over 3 years, 131 milk cows, 116 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 75 bushels of potatoes, 62 other fowl, 48 ducks, 40 tons of hay, 36 acres of improved land in farms, 36 acres of land in farms, 30 acres of hay crops, 29 sheep, 27 oxen, 20 acres of barley, 20 geese, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 turkeys, 13 acres of turnips, 12 occupants of farms, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 swine, 11 farm occupants who own their land, 10 acres of oats, 5 acres of farmland in pasture, 4 other cattle, 2 cattle killed or sold, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON077004— 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, Rideau, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-rideau-ward-quartier-on080004-1891/.