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

Toronto, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,864. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.659°N, 79.332°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier had a population of 7,864: 4,090 male and 3,774 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Toronto, ward-quartier 1 pt, 1901 (11.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Toronto, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

• Toronto, St. David’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Paul & St. Mathew’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Thomas, Ward—Quartier
• York E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,864 total population, 4,090 males, 3,774 females, 2,805 married persons, 1,597 families, 1,422 married males, 1,383 married females, 298 widowed persons, 198 widowed females, 100 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,761 single persons under 18, 2,568 single males under 18, 2,193 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,788 persons who are not French Canadian, 76 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,546 occupied houses, 1,537 houses, 899 houses built of wood, 851 houses of 2 stories, 647 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 624 houses built of brick, 525 houses of 1 story, 336 houses of 4 rooms, 277 houses of 5 rooms, 192 uninhabited houses, 131 houses of 3 rooms, 118 houses of 3 stories, 68 houses of over 15 rooms, 43 houses of more than 3 stories, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses under construction, 14 houses built of stone, 9 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,395 chickens, 1,650 bushels of oats, 1,535 bushels of potatoes, 789 horses aged over 3 years, 600 bushels of barley, 600 bushels of turnips, 540 pounds of homemade butter, 460 acres of land in farms, 417 acres of improved land in farms, 300 bushels of spring wheat, 250 bushels of peas, 216 acres of farmland in pasture, 136 ducks, 135 milk cows, 104 acres of farmland under crops, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 other fowl, 43 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 34 acres of oats, 30 bushels of corn, 29 cattle killed or sold, 28 acres of potatoes, 21 occupants of farms, 18 tons of hay, 16 farm occupants who own their land, 16 geese, 15 acres of barley, 13 other cattle, 12 acres of hay crops, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 swine, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 acres of wheat, 10 turkeys, 8 bushels of beans, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 swine slaughtered or sold, 1 employees on farms, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON120006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120006 — 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. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-lawrence-ward-quartier-on120006-1891/.