Niagara, West Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)
Niagara, West Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 511. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.259°N, 79.084°W.
Population
In 1871, Niagara, West Ward—Quartier had a population of 511: 248 male and 263 female residents. Population density was 1520.8 people per square mile.
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 (16.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Niagara, West Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 119 |
| Number of females | 263 |
| Number of males | 248 |
| Number of married females | 100 |
| Number of married males | 96 |
| Number of married persons | 196 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 27 |
| Total population | 511 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 139 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 149 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 288 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 119 |
| Number of occupied houses | 119 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 36 |
Agriculture (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 236 |
| CRN BU | 303 |
| HAY AC | 35 |
| HAY TONS | 48 |
| OAT BU | 269 |
| PEA BU | 40 |
| POT AC | 18 |
| POT BU | 1,879 |
| Total area (acres) | 24,522 |
| WHT SP BU | 147 |
| WHT WTR BU | 426 |
Other recorded variables (21 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 62 |
| AREA | 24,522 |
| CD | 20 |
| CSD | 2 |
| FAMILIES | 119 |
| FEMALE | 263 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 119 |
| INHABITED | 119 |
| MALE | 248 |
| MARRIED F | 100 |
| MARRIED M | 96 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 196 |
| POPULATION | 511 |
| SINGLE F | 139 |
| SINGLE M | 149 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 288 |
| TUR BU | 40 |
| UNINHABITED | 36 |
| WIDOWED F | 24 |
| WIDOWED M | 3 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 27 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON020002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON020002— 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, West Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-west-ward-quartier-on020002-1871/.