Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 9,986. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.478°N, 73.562°W.

Population

In 1891, Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier had a population of 9,986: 5,039 male and 4,947 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	9,986
1901	15,959

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, Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.10
FAM NO	1,957
Number of families	1,957
Number of females	4,947
Number of males	5,039
Number of married females	1,850
Number of married males	1,849
Number of married persons	3,699
Number of widowed females	204
Number of widowed males	88
Number of widowed persons	292
POP F	4,947
POP M	5,039
POP TOT	9,986
Total population	9,986

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,893
Number of single males under 18	3,102
Number of single persons under 18	5,995

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	4,679
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	5,307

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,842
Number of houses built of brick	1,592
Number of houses built of stone	24
Number of houses built of wood	226
Number of houses of 1 story	901
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	15
Number of houses of 2 rooms	58
Number of houses of 2 stories	898
Number of houses of 3 rooms	224
Number of houses of 3 stories	42
Number of houses of 4 rooms	680
Number of houses of 5 rooms	397
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	464
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	4
Number of houses under construction	81
Number of occupied houses	1,842
Number of uninhabited houses	46

Agriculture (66 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	16
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	33
Acres of farmland in pasture	332
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	1,318
Acres of farmland under crops	1,665
Acres of hay crops	847
Acres of improved land in farms	2,030
Acres of land in farms	3,348
Acres of oats	305
Acres of potatoes	31
Acres of turnips	33
Acres of wheat	15
BAR AC	16
BAR BU	160
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	160
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	232
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	394
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	120
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	5,350
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	815
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,525
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	50
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	178
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,820
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	40
BWT BU	394
CRN BU	120
HAY AC	847
HAY TONS	747
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	12
Number of chickens	1,810
Number of ducks	54
Number of farm occupants who own their land	25
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	5
Number of geese	24
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	17
Number of horses aged over 3 years	231
Number of milk cows	292
Number of occupants of farms	30
Number of other cattle	8
Number of other fowl	64
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	11
Number of sheep	118
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	13
Number of swine	28
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	1
Number of turkeys	28
OAT AC	305
OAT BU	5,350
PEA BU	815
POT AC	31
POT BU	2,525
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	24
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	213
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	177
Pounds of homemade butter	4,600
RYE BU	50
Tons of hay produced in the past year	747
WHT AC	15
WHT FALL BU	40
WHT SP BU	178

Other recorded variables (68 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	4
A 11 50	1
A 201 PL	3
A 51 100	11
BEN BU	232
BUTTER LB	4,600
CATTLE KS	12
CHEESE LB	24
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,893
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	3,102
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	5,995
COARSE WOOL LB	213
COLTS FILLIES	17
DUCKS	54
FAMILIES	1,957
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.10
FINE WOOL LB	177
FRN CA	4,679
GEESE	24
HENS AND CHKN	1,810
HORSES OVR THREE	231
HOUSES	1,842
HOUSES B	1,592
HOUSES CON	81
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	15
HOUSES FIVE RM	397
HOUSES FOUR RM	680
HOUSES ONE STRY	901
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES S	24
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	464
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	4
HOUSES THREE RM	224
HOUSES THREE STRY	42
HOUSES TWO RM	58
HOUSES TWO STRY	898
HOUSES UNINH	46
HOUSES W	226
INF 11 A	11
MD FEM	1,850
MD MALE	1,849
MD TOT	3,699
MILK COWS	292
NAME CD	Hochelaga
OC F	5
OC P	25
OC TOT	30
OTHER FOWL	64
OTHER HRN CATTLE	8
OTHERS	5,307
SHEEP	118
SHEEP KS	13
SUP AM	2,030
SUP FOR	1,318
SUP JV	33
SUP PAT	332
SUP SC	1,665
SUP TOT	3,348
SWINE	28
SWINE KS	1
TOT DWLG OCC	1,842
TUR AC	33
TUR BU	3,820
TURKEY	28
WID FEM	204
WID MALE	88
WID TOT	292
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC155017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC155002_1891 — 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). "Montreal, St. Gabriel, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montreal-st-gabriel-ward-quartier-qc155017-1891/.