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

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

Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 24,924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.514°N, 73.567°W.

Population

In 1891, Montréal, St. Louis Ward—Quartier had a population of 24,924: 11,404 male and 13,520 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	14,916
1881	19,375
1891	24,924
1901	26,919
1911	30,821

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. Louis Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.90
FAM NO	5,062
Number of families	5,062
Number of females	13,520
Number of males	11,404
Number of married females	4,149
Number of married males	4,164
Number of married persons	8,313
Number of widowed females	1,088
Number of widowed males	330
Number of widowed persons	1,418
POP F	13,520
POP M	11,404
POP TOT	24,924
Total population	24,924

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	8,283
Number of single males under 18	6,910
Number of single persons under 18	15,193

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	17,084
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	7,840

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	4,446
Number of houses built of brick	3,545
Number of houses built of stone	635
Number of houses built of wood	266
Number of houses of 1 room	32
Number of houses of 1 story	1,714
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	251
Number of houses of 2 rooms	249
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,963
Number of houses of 3 rooms	546
Number of houses of 3 stories	613
Number of houses of 4 rooms	818
Number of houses of 5 rooms	450
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	2,039
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	156
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	61
Number of houses under construction	7
Number of occupied houses	4,446
Number of uninhabited houses	197

Agriculture (60 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	16
Acres of farmland in pasture	480
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	461
Acres of farmland under crops	49
Acres of hay crops	152
Acres of improved land in farms	545
Acres of land in farms	1,006
Acres of oats	62
Acres of potatoes	6
Acres of wheat	8
BAR AC	16
BAR BU	166
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	166
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	164
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	10
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	930
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	154
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	235
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	4
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	75
BWT BU	164
HAY AC	152
HAY TONS	195
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	6
Number of chickens	1,083
Number of ducks	17
Number of farm occupants who own their land	11
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	10
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	13
Number of horses aged over 3 years	672
Number of milk cows	151
Number of occupants of farms	13
Number of other cattle	4
Number of other fowl	267
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	8
Number of sheep	45
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	3
Number of swine	17
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	10
Number of turkeys	10
OAT AC	62
OAT BU	930
PEA BU	154
POT AC	6
POT BU	235
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	102
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	120
Pounds of homemade butter	1,000
Tons of hay produced in the past year	195
WHT AC	8
WHT FALL BU	75
WHT SP BU	4

Other recorded variables (67 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	2
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	1
BUTTER LB	1,000
CATTLE KS	6
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	8,283
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	6,910
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	15,193
COARSE WOOL LB	102
COLTS FILLIES	13
DUCKS	17
FAMILIES	5,062
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FINE WOOL LB	120
FRN CA	17,084
GEESE	10
GRA BU	10
HENS AND CHKN	1,083
HORSES OVR THREE	672
HOUSES	4,446
HOUSES B	3,545
HOUSES CON	7
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	251
HOUSES FIVE RM	450
HOUSES FOUR RM	818
HOUSES ONE RM	32
HOUSES ONE STRY	1,714
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	156
HOUSES S	635
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	2,039
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	61
HOUSES THREE RM	546
HOUSES THREE STRY	613
HOUSES TWO RM	249
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,963
HOUSES UNINH	197
HOUSES W	266
INF 11 A	8
MD FEM	4,149
MD MALE	4,164
MD TOT	8,313
MILK COWS	151
NAME CD	Montreal
OC F	2
OC P	11
OC TOT	13
OTHER FOWL	267
OTHER HRN CATTLE	4
OTHERS	7,840
SHEEP	45
SHEEP KS	3
SUP AM	545
SUP FOR	461
SUP JV	16
SUP PAT	480
SUP SC	49
SUP TOT	1,006
SWINE	17
SWINE KS	10
TOT DWLG OCC	4,446
TUR BU	2
TURKEY	10
WID FEM	1,088
WID MALE	330
WID TOT	1,418
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC173007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC182002 — 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. Louis Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-louis-ward-quartier-qc173007-1891/.