Toronto, St. James' Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Toronto, St. James' Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Toronto, St. James' Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 12,867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.660°N, 79.379°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. James' Ward—Quartier had a population of 12,867: 6,157 male and 6,710 female residents. Population density was 24940.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	9,779
1881	10,791
1891	12,867

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. James' Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.70
FAM NO	2,233
Number of families	2,233
Number of females	6,710
Number of males	6,157
Number of married females	1,770
Number of married males	1,765
Number of married persons	3,535
Number of widowed females	557
Number of widowed males	185
Number of widowed persons	742
POP F	6,710
POP M	6,157
POP TOT	12,867
Total population	12,867

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	4,383
Number of single males under 18	4,207
Number of single persons under 18	8,590

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	32
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	12,835

Buildings & housing (20 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	2,011
Number of houses built of brick	1,403
Number of houses built of stone	14
Number of houses built of wood	594
Number of houses of 1 room	4
Number of houses of 1 story	152
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	346
Number of houses of 2 rooms	12
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,011
Number of houses of 3 rooms	24
Number of houses of 3 stories	813
Number of houses of 4 rooms	77
Number of houses of 5 rooms	111
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	1,367
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	35
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	70
Number of houses under construction	12
Number of occupied houses	2,012
Number of uninhabited houses	158

Agriculture (39 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	15
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	38
Acres of farmland in pasture	321
Acres of farmland under crops	210
Acres of hay crops	10
Acres of improved land in farms	569
Acres of land in farms	569
Acres of oats	15
Acres of wheat	70
BAR AC	15
BAR BU	450
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	450
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	400
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	1,540
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3
HAY AC	10
HAY TONS	50
Number of chickens	702
Number of ducks	47
Number of farm occupants who own their land	50
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	1,946
Number of milk cows	34
Number of occupants of farms	51
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	46
Number of sheep	15
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	4
Number of swine	6
OAT AC	15
OAT BU	400
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	60
Tons of hay produced in the past year	50
WHT AC	70
WHT SP BU	1,540

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	3
A 201 PL	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	4,383
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	4,207
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	8,590
COARSE WOOL LB	60
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	47
FAMILIES	2,233
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.70
FRN CA	32
HENS AND CHKN	702
HORSES OVR THREE	1,946
HOUSES	2,011
HOUSES B	1,403
HOUSES CON	12
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	346
HOUSES FIVE RM	111
HOUSES FOUR RM	77
HOUSES ONE RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	152
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	35
HOUSES S	14
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	1,367
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	70
HOUSES THREE RM	24
HOUSES THREE STRY	813
HOUSES TWO RM	12
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,011
HOUSES UNINH	158
HOUSES W	594
INF 11 A	46
MD FEM	1,770
MD MALE	1,765
MD TOT	3,535
MILK COWS	34
NAME CD	Toronto, City—Cité
OC F	1
OC P	50
OC TOT	51
OTHERS	12,835
SHEEP	15
SHEEP KS	4
SUP AM	569
SUP JV	38
SUP PAT	321
SUP SC	210
SUP TOT	569
SWINE	6
TOT DWLG OCC	2,012
TUR BU	3
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	557
WID MALE	185
WID TOT	742
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON120004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120004_1871 — 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. James' Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-james-ward-quartier-on120004-1891/.