Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montréal, St. Lawrence, Ward—Quartier was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), 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:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	3,297
Number of families	3,297
Number of females	9,584
Number of males	8,300
Number of married females	2,750
Number of married males	2,736
Number of married persons	5,486
Number of widowed females	873
Number of widowed males	217
Number of widowed persons	1,090
POP F	9,584
POP M	8,300
POP TOT	17,884
Total population	17,884

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	5,961
Number of single males under 18	5,347
Number of single persons under 18	11,308

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	4,386
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	13,498

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	3,118
Number of houses built of brick	1,939
Number of houses built of stone	776
Number of houses built of wood	402
Number of houses of 1 room	12
Number of houses of 1 story	816
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	336
Number of houses of 2 rooms	137
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,470
Number of houses of 3 rooms	324
Number of houses of 3 stories	595
Number of houses of 4 rooms	468
Number of houses of 5 rooms	378
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	1,385
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	236
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	77
Number of houses under construction	34
Number of occupied houses	3,118
Number of uninhabited houses	73

Agriculture (50 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	2
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	7
Acres of farmland under crops	52
Acres of hay crops	25
Acres of improved land in farms	59
Acres of land in farms	59
Acres of oats	20
Acres of potatoes	3
Acres of turnips	2
BAR AC	2
BAR BU	40
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	40
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	25
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	6
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	250
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	106
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	170
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	50
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	50
BWT BU	25
CRN BU	6
HAY AC	25
HAY TONS	26
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1
Number of chickens	308
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	9
Number of geese	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	505
Number of milk cows	42
Number of occupants of farms	9
Number of other cattle	14
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	8
Number of sheep	8
Number of swine	3
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	3
Number of turkeys	5
OAT AC	20
OAT BU	250
PEA BU	106
POT AC	3
POT BU	170
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	32
Pounds of homemade butter	300
RYE BU	50
Tons of hay produced in the past year	26

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
BEN BU	5
BUTTER LB	300
CATTLE KS	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	5,961
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	5,347
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	11,308
COARSE WOOL LB	32
COLTS FILLIES	10
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	3,297
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FRN CA	4,386
GEESE	3
HENS AND CHKN	308
HORSES OVR THREE	505
HOUSES	3,118
HOUSES B	1,939
HOUSES CON	34
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	336
HOUSES FIVE RM	378
HOUSES FOUR RM	468
HOUSES ONE RM	12
HOUSES ONE STRY	816
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	236
HOUSES S	776
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	1,385
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	77
HOUSES THREE RM	324
HOUSES THREE STRY	595
HOUSES TWO RM	137
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,470
HOUSES UNINH	73
HOUSES W	402
INF 11 A	8
MD FEM	2,750
MD MALE	2,736
MD TOT	5,486
MILK COWS	42
NAME CD	Montreal
OC P	9
OC TOT	9
OTHER HRN CATTLE	14
OTHERS	13,498
SHEEP	8
SUP AM	59
SUP JV	71
SUP SC	52
SUP TOT	59
SWINE	3
SWINE KS	3
TOT DWLG OCC	3,118
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	50
TURKEY	5
WID FEM	873
WID MALE	217
WID TOT	1,090
WORKING OX	2

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/.