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.
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 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 511 total population, 263 females, 248 males, 196 married persons, 119 families, 100 married females, 96 married males, 27 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 288 single persons under 18, 149 single males under 18, 139 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 119 inhabited houses, 119 occupied houses, 36 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 24,522 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1871, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Beaven | 1801–1875 | died here |
| Duncan Milloy | 1825–1871 | died here |
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/.