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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,723 |
| 1881 | 2,047 |
| 1891 | 2,567 |
| 1901 | 2,548 |
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 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,567 total population, 1,374 females, 1,193 males, 816 married persons, 502 families, 409 married females, 407 married males, 141 widowed persons, 104 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,610 single persons under 18, 861 single females under 18, 749 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,564 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 493 houses, 493 occupied houses, 417 houses of 2 stories, 320 houses built of wood, 314 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 134 houses built of brick, 70 houses of 5 rooms, 48 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 43 houses of 1 story, 39 houses built of stone, 34 uninhabited houses, 32 houses of 3 stories, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,222 chickens, 400 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of peas, 66 horses aged over 3 years, 50 tons of hay, 39 milk cows, 30 acres of hay crops, 24 other fowl, 21 ducks, 12 acres of oats, 11 geese, 3 other cattle, 1 horses aged 3 years and under. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.