Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 17,884. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.509°N, 73.570°W.
Population
In 1891, Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier had a population of 17,884: 8,300 male and 9,584 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 13,106 |
| 1881 | 14,318 |
| 1891 | 17,884 |
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. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Montréal, Centre Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Antoine, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, West, Ward—Quartier
- NO DATA
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 17,884 total population, 9,584 females, 8,300 males, 5,486 married persons, 3,297 families, 2,750 married females, 2,736 married males, 1,090 widowed persons, 873 widowed females, 217 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 11,308 single persons under 18, 5,961 single females under 18, 5,347 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 13,498 persons who are not French Canadian, 4,386 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 3,118 houses, 3,118 occupied houses, 1,939 houses built of brick, 1,470 houses of 2 stories, 1,385 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 816 houses of 1 story, 776 houses built of stone, 595 houses of 3 stories, 468 houses of 4 rooms, 402 houses built of wood, 378 houses of 5 rooms, 336 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 324 houses of 3 rooms, 236 houses of more than 3 stories, 137 houses of 2 rooms, 77 houses of over 15 rooms, 73 uninhabited houses, 34 houses under construction, 12 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 505 horses aged over 3 years, 308 chickens, 300 pounds of homemade butter, 250 bushels of oats, 170 bushels of potatoes, 106 bushels of peas, 59 acres of improved land in farms, 59 acres of land in farms, 52 acres of farmland under crops, 50 bushels of rye, 50 bushels of turnips, 42 milk cows, 40 bushels of barley, 32 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 26 tons of hay, 25 acres of hay crops, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 20 acres of oats, 14 other cattle, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 farm occupants who own their land, 9 occupants of farms, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 sheep, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 bushels of corn, 5 bushels of beans, 5 turkeys, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 geese, 3 swine, 3 swine slaughtered or sold, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 ducks, 2 oxen, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC173006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC173006— 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. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-lawrence-ward-quartier-qc173006-1891/.