Toronto, St. Stephen’s and St. Mark’s (part), Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)

Toronto, St. Stephen’s and St. Mark’s (part), Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 24,393. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.668°N, 79.420°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. Stephen’s and St. Mark’s (part), Ward—Quartier had a population of 24,393: 11,926 male and 12,467 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 was contained in York W-O, 1881 (1.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Toronto, Ward—Quartier 5 (part), 1901 (51.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Toronto, St. Stephen’s and St. Mark’s (part), Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

• Toronto, St. Mark’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Patrick’s, Ward—Quartier
• Toronto, St. Paul & St. Mathew’s, Ward—Quartier
• York W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 24,393 total population, 12,467 females, 11,926 males, 8,974 married persons, 4,779 families, 4,499 married females, 4,475 married males, 854 widowed persons, 631 widowed females, 223 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 14,565 single persons under 18, 7,337 single females under 18, 7,228 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 24,353 persons who are not French Canadian, 40 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 4,667 occupied houses, 4,666 houses, 3,675 houses of 2 stories, 3,510 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3,315 houses built of brick, 1,350 houses built of wood, 636 uninhabited houses, 602 houses of 1 story, 554 houses of 5 rooms, 390 houses of 4 rooms, 388 houses of 3 stories, 127 houses under construction, 103 houses of 3 rooms, 87 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,731 chickens, 1,193 acres of land in farms, 969 acres of improved land in farms, 886 horses aged over 3 years, 750 bushels of oats, 575 bushels of barley, 556 acres of farmland in pasture, 450 bushels of winter wheat, 406 acres of farmland under crops, 371 other fowl, 262 bushels of potatoes, 224 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 200 bushels of turnips, 160 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 125 ducks, 100 bushels of spring wheat, 72 milk cows, 62 swine, 41 acres of wheat, 40 bushels of peas, 40 sheep, 25 acres of oats, 24 occupants of farms, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 farm occupants who own their land, 15 acres of barley, 14 turkeys, 13 acres of hay crops, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 other cattle, 9 tons of hay, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 geese, 5 oxen, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON120008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON120008 — 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. Stephen’s and St. Mark’s (part), Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-stephen-s-and-st-mark-s-part-ward-quartier-on120008-1891/.