Toronto, St. George Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)
Toronto, St. George Ward—Quartier was a township in Ontario (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 3,534. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.640°N, 79.404°W.
Population
In 1871, Toronto, St. George Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,534: 1,709 male and 1,825 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,534 |
| 1881 | 5,544 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Toronto, St. George Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 678 |
| Number of females | 1,825 |
| Number of males | 1,709 |
| Number of married females | 549 |
| Number of married males | 568 |
| Number of married persons | 1,117 |
| Number of widowed females | 144 |
| Number of widowed males | 57 |
| Number of widowed persons | 201 |
| Total population | 3,534 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,132 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,084 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,216 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 18 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 616 |
| Number of occupied houses | 616 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 922 |
| BWT BU | 200 |
| CRN BU | 53 |
| HAY AC | 91 |
| HAY TONS | 100 |
| OAT BU | 360 |
| PEA BU | 200 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 1,720 |
| Total area (acres) | 1,020 |
| WHT SP BU | 200 |
| WHT WTR BU | 300 |
Other recorded variables (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 33 |
| AREA | 1,020 |
| BEING BUILT | 18 |
| CD | 46 |
| CSD | 1 |
| FAMILIES | 678 |
| FEMALE | 1,825 |
| GRA BU | 10 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 616 |
| INHABITED | 616 |
| MALE | 1,709 |
| MARRIED F | 549 |
| MARRIED M | 568 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 1,117 |
| POPULATION | 3,534 |
| ROOT BU | 24 |
| SINGLE F | 1,132 |
| SINGLE M | 1,084 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 2,216 |
| TUR BU | 275 |
| UNINHABITED | 2 |
| WIDOWED F | 144 |
| WIDOWED M | 57 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 201 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON134006— 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 1871 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 Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-george-ward-quartier-on046001-1871/.