Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,788. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.426°N, 75.679°W.
Population
In 1891, Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier had a population of 5,788: 2,624 male and 3,164 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,474 |
| 1881 | 4,527 |
| 1891 | 5,788 |
| 1901 | 8,807 |
| 1911 | 10,581 |
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, Ottawa, St. George ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Gloucester
- Ottawa East, Village
- Ottawa, By Ward—Quartier
- Ottawa, Victoria Ward—Quartier
- Ottawa, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,788 total population, 3,164 females, 2,624 males, 1,832 married persons, 1,033 families, 919 married females, 913 married males, 263 widowed persons, 212 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,693 single persons under 18, 2,033 single females under 18, 1,660 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,726 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,062 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,023 houses, 1,023 occupied houses, 635 houses of 2 stories, 621 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 497 houses built of brick, 472 houses built of wood, 214 houses of 3 stories, 162 houses of 1 story, 133 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 100 houses of 5 rooms, 99 houses of 4 rooms, 66 uninhabited houses, 54 houses built of stone, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of over 15 rooms, 23 houses under construction, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,700 pounds of homemade butter, 1,906 chickens, 403 horses aged over 3 years, 320 bushels of corn, 286 bushels of potatoes, 211 acres of land in farms, 180 bushels of oats, 133 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 127 milk cows, 112 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 78 acres of improved land in farms, 70 other cattle, 60 acres of farmland under crops, 43 ducks, 40 bushels of peas, 40 bushels of turnips, 34 acres of hay crops, 33 horses aged 3 years and under, 30 swine, 29 sheep, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 22 tons of hay, 15 acres of oats, 11 bushels of beans, 11 turkeys, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 acres of farmland in pasture, 8 acres of potatoes, 8 geese, 6 farm occupants who own their land, 6 occupants of farms, 4 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON104003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON105006_1871— 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, St. George ward-quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/ottawa-st-george-ward-quartier-on104003-1891/.