Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

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 density was 29245.9 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	11,229
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:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.10
FAM NO	4,468
Number of families	4,468
Number of females	12,074
Number of males	10,716
Number of married females	3,902
Number of married males	3,884
Number of married persons	7,786
Number of widowed females	797
Number of widowed males	215
Number of widowed persons	1,012
POP F	12,074
POP M	10,716
POP TOT	22,790
Total population	22,790

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	7,375
Number of single males under 18	6,617
Number of single persons under 18	13,992

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	270
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	22,520

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	4,291
Number of houses built of brick	2,569
Number of houses built of wood	1,722
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	1,052
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	123
Number of houses of 2 rooms	28
Number of houses of 2 stories	2,770
Number of houses of 3 rooms	107
Number of houses of 3 stories	466
Number of houses of 4 rooms	572
Number of houses of 5 rooms	531
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	2,909
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	3
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	19
Number of houses under construction	32
Number of occupied houses	4,291
Number of uninhabited houses	390

Agriculture (48 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	2
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	32
Acres of farmland in pasture	835
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	480
Acres of farmland under crops	110
Acres of hay crops	14
Acres of improved land in farms	977
Acres of land in farms	1,457
Acres of oats	4
Acres of potatoes	1
Acres of turnips	1
BAR AC	2
BAR BU	25
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	25
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	80
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	100
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	500
HAY AC	14
HAY TONS	25
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1
Number of chickens	2,054
Number of ducks	94
Number of farm occupants who own their land	29
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	8
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	23
Number of horses aged over 3 years	751
Number of milk cows	108
Number of occupants of farms	30
Number of other cattle	3
Number of other fowl	37
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	18
Number of sheep	20
Number of swine	7
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	4
OAT BU	80
POT AC	1
POT BU	100
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	80
Pounds of homemade butter	150
Tons of hay produced in the past year	25

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	3
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	4
BEN BU	5
BUTTER LB	150
CATTLE KS	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	7,375
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	6,617
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	13,992
COARSE WOOL LB	80
COLTS FILLIES	23
DUCKS	94
FAMILIES	4,468
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.10
FRN CA	270
GEESE	8
HENS AND CHKN	2,054
HORSES OVR THREE	751
HOUSES	4,291
HOUSES B	2,569
HOUSES CON	32
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	123
HOUSES FIVE RM	531
HOUSES FOUR RM	572
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	1,052
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	3
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	2,909
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	19
HOUSES THREE RM	107
HOUSES THREE STRY	466
HOUSES TWO RM	28
HOUSES TWO STRY	2,770
HOUSES UNINH	390
HOUSES W	1,722
INF 11 A	18
MD FEM	3,902
MD MALE	3,884
MD TOT	7,786
MILK COWS	108
NAME CD	Toronto, City—Cité
OC F	1
OC P	29
OC TOT	30
OTHER FOWL	37
OTHER HRN CATTLE	3
OTHERS	22,520
SHEEP	20
SUP AM	977
SUP FOR	480
SUP JV	32
SUP PAT	835
SUP SC	110
SUP TOT	1,457
SWINE	7
TOT DWLG OCC	4,291
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	500
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	797
WID MALE	215
WID TOT	1,012
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON120002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120002 — 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/.