Montréal, St. Mary’s, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montréal, St. Mary’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 34,746. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.527°N, 73.555°W.
Population
In 1891, Montréal, St. Mary’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 34,746: 16,954 male and 17,792 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 22,733 |
| 1891 | 34,746 |
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. Mary’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Côte Visitation, Village
- Montréal, Hochelaga, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. James', Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 34,746 total population, 17,792 females, 16,954 males, 13,012 married persons, 7,251 families, 6,535 married males, 6,477 married females, 1,497 widowed persons, 1,139 widowed females, 358 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 20,237 single persons under 18, 10,176 single females under 18, 10,061 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 28,662 French Canadians, 6,084 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 6,636 occupied houses, 6,635 houses, 5,783 houses built of brick, 5,160 houses of 1 story, 2,582 houses of 4 rooms, 1,307 houses of 2 stories, 1,281 houses of 3 rooms, 1,174 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 843 houses of 5 rooms, 741 houses built of wood, 634 houses of 2 rooms, 241 uninhabited houses, 148 houses of 3 stories, 111 houses built of stone, 78 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses under construction, 23 houses of over 15 rooms, 20 houses of 1 room, 20 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,746 chickens, 1,602 cattle killed or sold, 1,485 bushels of oats, 1,192 horses aged over 3 years, 800 sheep slaughtered or sold, 750 swine slaughtered or sold, 542 milk cows, 435 bushels of potatoes, 333 bushels of buckwheat, 181 other fowl, 166 acres of land in farms, 125 bushels of spring wheat, 97 acres of improved land in farms, 88 acres of oats, 76 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 74 bushels of barley, 71 acres of farmland in pasture, 71 tons of hay, 69 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 67 ducks, 62 acres of hay crops, 45 bushels of peas, 23 acres of barley, 19 sheep, 16 acres of farmland under crops, 15 acres of potatoes, 10 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 swine, 9 acres of wheat, 7 farm occupants who own their land, 7 geese, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 occupants of farms, 4 other cattle, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 turkeys, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC173008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC173008_1881— 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. Mary’s, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-st-mary-s-ward-quartier-qc173008-1891/.