Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Montréal, West, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Montréal, West, Ward—Quartier was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,007. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 73.556°W.
Population
In 1891, Montréal, West, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,007: 515 male and 492 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 1,265 |
| 1881 | 842 |
| 1891 | 1,007 |
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, West, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 108 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.70 |
| FAM NO | 150 |
| Number of families | 150 |
| Number of females | 492 |
| Number of males | 515 |
| Number of married females | 144 |
| Number of married males | 147 |
| Number of married persons | 291 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 49 |
| POP F | 492 |
| POP M | 515 |
| POP TOT | 1,007 |
| Total population | 1,007 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 313 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 354 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 667 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 378 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 629 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 132 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 56 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 76 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 52 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 40 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 53 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 40 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 132 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 220 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 280 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,552 |
| Acres of hay crops | 20 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,776 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,056 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 30 |
| BWT BU | 200 |
| CRN BU | 30 |
| HAY AC | 20 |
| HAY TONS | 30 |
| Number of chickens | 35 |
| Number of ducks | 18 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 155 |
| Number of milk cows | 13 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 30 |
Other recorded variables (47 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 313 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 354 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 667 |
| DUCKS | 18 |
| FAMILIES | 150 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.70 |
| FRN CA | 378 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 35 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 155 |
| HOUSES | 132 |
| HOUSES B | 56 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 19 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 40 |
| HOUSES S | 76 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 53 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 35 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 40 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 52 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 144 |
| MD MALE | 147 |
| MD TOT | 291 |
| MILK COWS | 13 |
| NAME CD | Montreal |
| OC P | 5 |
| OC TOT | 5 |
| OTHERS | 629 |
| SUP AM | 1,776 |
| SUP FOR | 280 |
| SUP JV | 4 |
| SUP PAT | 220 |
| SUP SC | 1,552 |
| SUP TOT | 2,056 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 132 |
| WID FEM | 35 |
| WID MALE | 14 |
| WID TOT | 49 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC173009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC173009 — 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, West, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montr-al-west-ward-quartier-qc173009-1891/.