Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Montréal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montréal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 44,626. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.497°N, 73.577°W.
Population
In 1891, Montréal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier had a population of 44,626: 20,413 male and 24,213 female residents. Population density was 25848.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Montréal, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 7,780 |
| Number of families | 7,780 |
| Number of females | 24,213 |
| Number of males | 20,413 |
| Number of married females | 6,835 |
| Number of married males | 6,812 |
| Number of married persons | 13,647 |
| Number of widowed females | 1,851 |
| Number of widowed males | 555 |
| Number of widowed persons | 2,406 |
| POP F | 24,213 |
| POP M | 20,413 |
| POP TOT | 44,626 |
| Total population | 44,626 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 15,527 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 13,046 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 28,573 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 11,267 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 33,359 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 7,143 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 4,290 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 2,295 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 558 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 27 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 2,273 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1,384 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 329 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 2,470 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 788 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1,483 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 958 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 468 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 2,861 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 917 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 328 |
| Number of houses under construction | 51 |
| Number of occupied houses | 7,143 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 247 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 126 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 329 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 554 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 484 |
| Acres of hay crops | 120 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 939 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,493 |
| Acres of oats | 66 |
| Acres of potatoes | 6 |
| Acres of turnips | 4 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR AC | 2 |
| BAR BU | 57 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 57 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,280 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 118 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 719 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 90 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,190 |
| BWT BU | 13 |
| CRN BU | 13 |
| HAY AC | 120 |
| HAY TONS | 165 |
| Number of chickens | 1,451 |
| Number of ducks | 15 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 56 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 14 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 52 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 1,789 |
| Number of milk cows | 179 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 60 |
| Number of other cattle | 11 |
| Number of other fowl | 58 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 48 |
| Number of sheep | 53 |
| Number of swine | 31 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 5 |
| Number of turkeys | 25 |
| OAT AC | 66 |
| OAT BU | 1,280 |
| PEA BU | 118 |
| POT AC | 6 |
| POT BU | 719 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 1,500 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 252 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 375 |
| RYE BU | 90 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 165 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 15 |
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 7 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BEN BU | 50 |
| BUTTER LB | 375 |
| CHEESE LB | 1,500 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 15,527 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 13,046 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 28,573 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 252 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 52 |
| DUCKS | 15 |
| FAMILIES | 7,780 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FRN CA | 11,267 |
| GEESE | 14 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,451 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 1,789 |
| HOUSES | 7,143 |
| HOUSES B | 4,290 |
| HOUSES CON | 51 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1,384 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 468 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 958 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 27 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 2,273 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 917 |
| HOUSES S | 2,295 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 2,861 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 328 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 788 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1,483 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 329 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 2,470 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 247 |
| HOUSES W | 558 |
| INF 11 A | 48 |
| MD FEM | 6,835 |
| MD MALE | 6,812 |
| MD TOT | 13,647 |
| MILK COWS | 179 |
| NAME CD | Montreal |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 56 |
| OC TOT | 60 |
| OTHER FOWL | 58 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 11 |
| OTHERS | 33,359 |
| SHEEP | 53 |
| SUP AM | 939 |
| SUP FOR | 554 |
| SUP JV | 126 |
| SUP PAT | 329 |
| SUP SC | 484 |
| SUP TOT | 1,493 |
| SWINE | 31 |
| SWINE KS | 5 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 7,143 |
| TUR AC | 4 |
| TUR BU | 2,190 |
| TURKEY | 25 |
| WID FEM | 1,851 |
| WID MALE | 555 |
| WID TOT | 2,406 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC173004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175001 — 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, St. Antoine Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-antoine-ward-quartier-qc173004-1891/.