Niagara, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)
Niagara, East Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 559. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.248°N, 79.068°W.
Population
In 1871, Niagara, East Ward—Quartier had a population of 559: 271 male and 288 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Niagara, Town of, 1861 (55.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Niagara, East Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 559 total population, 288 females, 271 males, 189 married persons, 116 families, 95 married females, 94 married males, 31 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 339 single persons under 18, 174 single males under 18, 165 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 112 occupied houses, 111 inhabited houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON020004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON020004— 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 1871 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). "Niagara, East Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-east-ward-quartier-on020004-1871/.