Toronto, St. John’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)
Toronto, St. John’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 13,765. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.661°N, 79.387°W.
Population
In 1891, Toronto, St. John’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 13,765: 6,592 male and 7,173 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 10,868 |
| 1881 | 12,192 |
| 1891 | 13,765 |
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. John’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Toronto, Andrew’s, Ward—Quartier
- Toronto, St. James' Ward—Quartier
- Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier
- Toronto, St. Paul & St. Mathew’s, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 53 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 13,765 total population, 7,173 females, 6,592 males, 4,520 married persons, 2,713 families, 2,273 married females, 2,247 married males, 879 widowed persons, 650 widowed females, 229 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 8,366 single persons under 18, 4,250 single females under 18, 4,116 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 13,690 persons who are not French Canadian, 75 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,484 occupied houses, 2,482 houses, 1,556 houses built of wood, 1,334 houses of 2 stories, 1,257 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 925 houses built of brick, 712 houses of 1 story, 442 houses of 5 rooms, 430 houses of 3 stories, 362 houses of 4 rooms, 187 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 153 uninhabited houses, 144 houses of 3 rooms, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 45 houses of over 15 rooms, 29 houses under construction, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 810 chickens, 320 horses aged over 3 years, 111 other fowl, 24 acres of improved land in farms, 24 acres of land in farms, 21 ducks, 15 occupants of farms, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 12 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 acres of farmland under crops, 12 bushels of potatoes, 8 other cattle, 7 milk cows, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 bushels of peas, 3 swine, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON120005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON120005— 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. John’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-john-s-ward-quartier-on120005-1891/.