Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Kingston, Victoria, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Kingston, Victoria, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,567. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.226°N, 76.501°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston, Victoria, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,567: 1,193 male and 1,374 female residents. Population density was 4006.2 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, Victoria, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 96 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 | 502 |
| Number of families | 502 |
| Number of females | 1,374 |
| Number of males | 1,193 |
| Number of married females | 409 |
| Number of married males | 407 |
| Number of married persons | 816 |
| Number of widowed females | 104 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| Number of widowed persons | 141 |
| POP F | 1,374 |
| POP M | 1,193 |
| POP TOT | 2,567 |
| Total population | 2,567 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 861 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 749 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,610 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 3 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2,564 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 493 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 134 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 39 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 320 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 43 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 48 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 417 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 32 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 70 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 314 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of occupied houses | 493 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 34 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 30 |
| Acres of oats | 12 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 400 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 200 |
| HAY AC | 30 |
| HAY TONS | 50 |
| Number of chickens | 1,222 |
| Number of ducks | 21 |
| Number of geese | 11 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 1 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 66 |
| Number of milk cows | 39 |
| Number of other cattle | 3 |
| Number of other fowl | 24 |
| OAT AC | 12 |
| OAT BU | 400 |
| PEA BU | 200 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 50 |
Other recorded variables (40 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 861 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 749 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,610 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 1 |
| DUCKS | 21 |
| FAMILIES | 502 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FRN CA | 3 |
| GEESE | 11 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,222 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 66 |
| HOUSES | 493 |
| HOUSES B | 134 |
| HOUSES CON | 6 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 48 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 70 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 24 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 43 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 39 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 314 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 24 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 32 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 417 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 34 |
| HOUSES W | 320 |
| MD FEM | 409 |
| MD MALE | 407 |
| MD TOT | 816 |
| MILK COWS | 39 |
| NAME CD | Kingston, City—Cité |
| OTHER FOWL | 24 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 3 |
| OTHERS | 2,564 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 493 |
| WID FEM | 104 |
| WID MALE | 37 |
| WID TOT | 141 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON080007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON077007 — 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, Victoria, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/kingston-victoria-ward-quartier-on080007-1891/.