Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,540. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.543°N, 73.555°W.
Population
In 1891, Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier had a population of 8,540: 4,157 male and 4,383 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 Hochelaga, Village, 1881 (52.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 8,540 total population, 4,383 females, 4,157 males, 2,930 married persons, 1,589 families, 1,466 married females, 1,464 married males, 275 widowed persons, 184 widowed females, 91 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,335 single persons under 18, 2,733 single females under 18, 2,602 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 7,544 French Canadians, 996 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 970 houses, 970 occupied houses, 917 houses built of brick, 795 houses of 2 stories, 319 houses of 4 rooms, 192 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 163 houses of 1 story, 128 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 108 houses of 5 rooms, 97 houses of 3 rooms, 88 houses of over 15 rooms, 57 uninhabited houses, 44 houses built of wood, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses under construction, 11 houses of 3 stories, 9 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,741 acres of land in farms, 3,632 acres of improved land in farms, 3,418 bushels of potatoes, 3,109 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,607 acres of farmland under crops, 1,854 pounds of homemade butter, 1,271 bushels of oats, 1,173 chickens, 904 acres of farmland in pasture, 377 bushels of buckwheat, 323 tons of hay, 287 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 256 acres of hay crops, 232 farm occupants who own their land, 232 occupants of farms, 218 bushels of peas, 214 milk cows, 201 bushels of spring wheat, 196 horses aged over 3 years, Capacity of silos (tons): 185, 168 bushels of corn, 158 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 126 acres of oats, 121 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 73 sheep, 70 bushels of barley, 59 acres of potatoes, 57 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 other fowl, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 cattle killed or sold, 37 bushels of beans, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of wheat, 26 sheep slaughtered or sold, 24 swine slaughtered or sold, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of rye, 15 bushels of turnips, 13 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 geese, 11 swine, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 4 acres of barley, 4 oxen, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 other cattle, 2 turkeys, 1 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC155007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC155007— 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). "Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-hochelaga-ward-quartier-qc155007-1891/.