Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 22,790. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.665°N, 79.363°W.
Population
In 1891, Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 22,790: 10,716 male and 12,074 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 11,072 |
| 1891 | 22,790 |
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, Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Toronto, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier
- Toronto, St. Paul & St. Mathew’s, Ward—Quartier
- Toronto, St. Thomas, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 22,790 total population, 12,074 females, 10,716 males, 7,786 married persons, 4,468 families, 3,902 married females, 3,884 married males, 1,012 widowed persons, 797 widowed females, 215 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 13,992 single persons under 18, 7,375 single females under 18, 6,617 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 22,520 persons who are not French Canadian, 270 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 4,291 houses, 4,291 occupied houses, 2,909 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2,770 houses of 2 stories, 2,569 houses built of brick, 1,722 houses built of wood, 1,052 houses of 1 story, 572 houses of 4 rooms, 531 houses of 5 rooms, 466 houses of 3 stories, 390 uninhabited houses, 123 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 107 houses of 3 rooms, 32 houses under construction, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,054 chickens, 1,457 acres of land in farms, 977 acres of improved land in farms, 835 acres of farmland in pasture, 751 horses aged over 3 years, 500 bushels of turnips, 480 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 150 pounds of homemade butter, 110 acres of farmland under crops, 108 milk cows, 100 bushels of potatoes, 94 ducks, 80 bushels of oats, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 37 other fowl, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 occupants of farms, 29 farm occupants who own their land, 25 bushels of barley, 25 tons of hay, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 sheep, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of hay crops, 8 geese, 7 swine, 5 bushels of beans, 4 acres of oats, 4 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 other cattle, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of barley, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of turnips, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON120002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON120002_1881— 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). "Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-david-s-ward-quartier-on120002-1891/.