Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,174. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.226°N, 76.487°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,174: 930 male and 1,244 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,944 |
| 1881 | 1,950 |
| 1891 | 2,174 |
| 1901 | 1,799 |
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, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,174 total population, 1,244 females, 930 males, 614 married persons, 423 families, 310 married females, 304 married males, 136 widowed persons, 112 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,424 single persons under 18, 822 single females under 18, 602 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,061 persons who are not French Canadian, 113 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 422 houses, 422 occupied houses, 236 houses of 2 stories, 198 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 188 houses built of brick, 133 houses built of stone, 106 houses of 3 stories, 101 houses built of wood, 79 houses of 1 story, 65 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 162 chickens, 110 acres of land in farms, 105 acres of improved land in farms, 91 acres of farmland in pasture, 76 horses aged over 3 years, 50 other fowl, 40 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 30 milk cows, 25 other cattle, 10 sheep, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3 occupants of farms, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON077006— 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, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-sydenham-ward-quartier-on080006-1891/.