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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario

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

Toronto, St. Thomas, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 12,911. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.659°N, 79.372°W.

Population

In 1891, Toronto, St. Thomas, Ward—Quartier had a population of 12,911: 6,018 male and 6,893 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 12,911 total population, 6,893 females, 6,018 males, 3,831 married persons, 2,208 families, 1,916 married females, 1,915 married males, 626 widowed persons, 495 widowed females, 131 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 8,454 single persons under 18, 4,482 single females under 18, 3,972 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 12,831 persons who are not French Canadian, 80 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 2,118 houses, 2,118 occupied houses, 1,343 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,335 houses built of brick, 1,321 houses of 2 stories, 781 houses built of wood, 496 houses of 3 stories, 372 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 285 houses of 1 story, 196 houses of 5 rooms, 99 uninhabited houses, 77 houses of 4 rooms, 72 houses of over 15 rooms, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of more than 3 stories, 10 houses under construction, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,000 bushels of turnips, 2,400 bushels of oats, 1,048 pounds of homemade butter, 875 bushels of potatoes, 820 chickens, 586 horses aged over 3 years, 450 bushels of peas, 420 bushels of barley, 300 bushels of spring wheat, 250 bushels of winter wheat, 193 acres of improved land in farms, 193 acres of land in farms, 132 acres of farmland under crops, 106 tons of hay, 92 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 52 acres of farmland in pasture, 49 acres of hay crops, 42 acres of oats, 31 milk cows, 31 other cattle, 27 ducks, 26 swine, 25 acres of wheat, 20 acres of barley, 19 swine slaughtered or sold, 17 sheep, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 turkeys, 10 acres of turnips, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 geese, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 cattle killed or sold, 2 farm occupants who own their land, 2 occupants of farms, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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. Thomas, Ward—Quartier, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/toronto-st-thomas-ward-quartier-on120009-1891/.