Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
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. Population density was 5860.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 3,534 |
| 1881 | 5,544 |
| 1891 | 7,517 |
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. George’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 110 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.10 |
| FAM NO | 1,230 |
| Number of families | 1,230 |
| Number of females | 3,530 |
| Number of males | 3,987 |
| Number of married females | 1,048 |
| Number of married males | 1,050 |
| Number of married persons | 2,098 |
| Number of widowed females | 292 |
| Number of widowed males | 112 |
| Number of widowed persons | 404 |
| POP F | 3,530 |
| POP M | 3,987 |
| POP TOT | 7,517 |
| Total population | 7,517 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 2,190 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 2,825 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 5,015 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 35 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 7,482 |
Buildings & housing (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 1,060 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 593 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 13 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 454 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 3 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 177 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 121 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 605 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 258 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 76 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 114 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 665 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 20 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 62 |
| Number of houses under construction | 11 |
| Number of occupied houses | 1,062 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 69 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 25 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 20 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 5 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 36 |
| Acres of land in farms | 56 |
| Number of chickens | 963 |
| Number of ducks | 129 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 18 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 312 |
| Number of milk cows | 48 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 2 |
| Number of other cattle | 9 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
Other recorded variables (52 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 2,190 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 2,825 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 5,015 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 129 |
| FAMILIES | 1,230 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.10 |
| FRN CA | 35 |
| GEESE | 18 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 963 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 312 |
| HOUSES | 1,060 |
| HOUSES B | 593 |
| HOUSES CON | 11 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 121 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 114 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 76 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 177 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 20 |
| HOUSES S | 13 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 665 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 62 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 15 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 258 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 605 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 69 |
| HOUSES W | 454 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 1,048 |
| MD MALE | 1,050 |
| MD TOT | 2,098 |
| MILK COWS | 48 |
| NAME CD | Toronto, City—Cité |
| OC P | 2 |
| OC TOT | 2 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 9 |
| OTHERS | 7,482 |
| SUP AM | 36 |
| SUP FOR | 20 |
| SUP JV | 6 |
| SUP PAT | 25 |
| SUP SC | 5 |
| SUP TOT | 56 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 1,062 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 292 |
| WID MALE | 112 |
| WID TOT | 404 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
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/.