Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 27,665. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.655°N, 79.411°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 27,665: 12,832 male and 14,833 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Toronto, St. Stephen's Ward—Quartier, 1881 (59.0% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Toronto, St. Patrick's Ward—Quartier, 1881 (41.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 27,665 total population, 14,833 females, 12,832 males, 9,470 married persons, 5,493 families, 4,765 married females, 4,705 married males, 1,350 widowed persons, 1,112 widowed females, 238 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 16,845 single persons under 18, 8,956 single females under 18, 7,889 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 27,505 persons who are not French Canadian, 160 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 5,326 houses, 5,326 occupied houses, 3,893 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3,417 houses built of brick, 3,343 houses of 2 stories, 1,906 houses built of wood, 1,125 houses of 3 stories, 844 houses of 1 story, 565 houses of 5 rooms, 349 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 316 houses of 4 rooms, 268 uninhabited houses, 104 houses of 3 rooms, 80 houses under construction, 72 houses of over 15 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of more than 3 stories, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,923 chickens, 1,400 bushels of oats, 1,275 horses aged over 3 years, 304 bushels of turnips, 300 pounds of homemade butter, 232 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 229 acres of land in farms, 202 acres of improved land in farms, 124 bushels of potatoes, 86 acres of farmland in pasture, 78 acres of farmland under crops, 61 acres of oats, 60 other fowl, 58 sheep, 54 milk cows, 50 tons of hay, 45 swine, 38 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 acres of hay crops, 27 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 25 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 bushels of peas, 21 ducks, 16 occupants of farms, 15 farm occupants who own their land, 14 other cattle, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 bushels of beans, 6 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 swine slaughtered or sold, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of corn, 2 turkeys, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON120007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120007 — 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. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-patrick-s-ward-quartier-on120007-1891/.