Ottawa, New Edinburgh, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Ottawa, New Edinburgh, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,673. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.447°N, 75.680°W.
Population
In 1891, Ottawa, New Edinburgh, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,673: 825 male and 848 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 contained New Edinburgh, Village, 1881 (35.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained New Edinburg (Rideau Ward, Ottawa), 1901 (70.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Ottawa, New Edinburgh, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 60 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,673 total population, 848 females, 825 males, 565 married persons, 308 families, 283 married females, 282 married males, 62 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,046 single persons under 18, 529 single males under 18, 517 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,559 persons who are not French Canadian, 114 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 304 houses, 304 occupied houses, 246 houses built of wood, 242 houses of 2 stories, 190 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 41 houses built of brick, 41 houses of 1 story, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 stories, 17 houses built of stone, 14 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,323 bushels of turnips, 1,374 bushels of potatoes, 1,235 chickens, 315 pounds of homemade butter, 137 other fowl, 134 horses aged over 3 years, 69 milk cows, 43 acres of improved land in farms, 43 acres of land in farms, 42 swine slaughtered or sold, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 swine, 16 occupants of farms, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 bushels of peas, 14 other cattle, 12 acres of potatoes, 12 acres of turnips, 12 farm occupants who own their land, 10 cattle killed or sold, 9 acres of farmland under crops, 6 ducks, 6 geese, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of farmland in pasture. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON116005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON116005— 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). "Ottawa, New Edinburgh, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ottawa-new-edinburgh-ward-quartier-on116005-1891/.