Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
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 density was 11596.8 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, Sydenham, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 102 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 423 |
| Number of families | 423 |
| Number of females | 1,244 |
| Number of males | 930 |
| Number of married females | 310 |
| Number of married males | 304 |
| Number of married persons | 614 |
| Number of widowed females | 112 |
| Number of widowed males | 24 |
| Number of widowed persons | 136 |
| POP F | 1,244 |
| POP M | 930 |
| POP TOT | 2,174 |
| Total population | 2,174 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 822 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 602 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,424 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 113 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,061 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 422 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 188 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 133 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 101 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 79 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 65 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 236 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 106 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 31 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 198 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 20 |
| Number of occupied houses | 422 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 33 |
Agriculture (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 91 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 5 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 105 |
| Acres of land in farms | 110 |
| Number of chickens | 162 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 8 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 76 |
| Number of milk cows | 30 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 3 |
| Number of other cattle | 25 |
| Number of other fowl | 50 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 2 |
| Number of sheep | 10 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
Other recorded variables (48 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 822 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 602 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,424 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 40 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 423 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FRN CA | 113 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 162 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 76 |
| HOUSES | 422 |
| HOUSES B | 188 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 65 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 31 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 54 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 79 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 133 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 198 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 20 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 22 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 106 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 32 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 236 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 33 |
| HOUSES W | 101 |
| INF 11 A | 2 |
| MD FEM | 310 |
| MD MALE | 304 |
| MD TOT | 614 |
| MILK COWS | 30 |
| NAME CD | Kingston, City—Cité |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 2 |
| OC TOT | 3 |
| OTHER FOWL | 50 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 25 |
| OTHERS | 2,061 |
| SHEEP | 10 |
| SUP AM | 105 |
| SUP FOR | 5 |
| SUP PAT | 91 |
| SUP TOT | 110 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 422 |
| WID FEM | 112 |
| WID MALE | 24 |
| WID TOT | 136 |
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/.