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

Toronto, St. George’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,517. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.640°N, 79.404°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. George’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 7,517: 3,987 male and 3,530 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Toronto, St. George’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

• Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Alban's, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Thomas, Ward—Quartier

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,517 total population, 3,987 males, 3,530 females, 2,098 married persons, 1,230 families, 1,050 married males, 1,048 married females, 404 widowed persons, 292 widowed females, 112 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,015 single persons under 18, 2,825 single males under 18, 2,190 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,482 persons who are not French Canadian, 35 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,062 occupied houses, 1,060 houses, 665 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 605 houses of 2 stories, 593 houses built of brick, 454 houses built of wood, 258 houses of 3 stories, 177 houses of 1 story, 121 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 114 houses of 5 rooms, 76 houses of 4 rooms, 69 uninhabited houses, 62 houses of over 15 rooms, 20 houses of more than 3 stories, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses built of stone, 11 houses under construction, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 963 chickens, 312 horses aged over 3 years, 129 ducks, 56 acres of land in farms, 48 milk cows, 36 acres of improved land in farms, 25 acres of farmland in pasture, 20 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18 geese, 9 other cattle, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 acres of farmland under crops, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 occupants of farms, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON120003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120003 — 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. George’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-george-s-ward-quartier-on120003-1891/.