Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 15,423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.523°N, 73.579°W.

Population

In 1891, Montreal, St. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier had a population of 15,423: 7,497 male and 7,926 female residents. Population density was 25757.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	2,269
1871	4,408
1881	5,874
1891	15,423
1901	26,754

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. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	3,290
Number of families	3,290
Number of females	7,926
Number of males	7,497
Number of married females	3,007
Number of married males	3,010
Number of married persons	6,017
Number of widowed females	411
Number of widowed males	149
Number of widowed persons	560
POP F	7,926
POP M	7,497
POP TOT	15,423
Total population	15,423

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	4,508
Number of single males under 18	4,338
Number of single persons under 18	8,846

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	13,949
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,474

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	2,904
Number of houses built of brick	2,071
Number of houses built of stone	123
Number of houses built of wood	710
Number of houses of 1 room	10
Number of houses of 1 story	1,050
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	82
Number of houses of 2 rooms	202
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,491
Number of houses of 3 rooms	389
Number of houses of 3 stories	357
Number of houses of 4 rooms	778
Number of houses of 5 rooms	278
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	1,147
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	6
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	18
Number of houses under construction	119
Number of occupied houses	2,904
Number of uninhabited houses	172

Agriculture (52 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	2
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	196
Acres of farmland in pasture	366
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	203
Acres of farmland under crops	255
Acres of hay crops	189
Acres of improved land in farms	817
Acres of land in farms	1,020
Acres of oats	28
Acres of potatoes	1
Acres of turnips	1
BAR AC	2
BAR BU	5
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	5
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	100
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	588
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	60
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	145
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	40
BWT BU	100
Capacity of silos (tons)	5
HAY AC	189
HAY TONS	124
Number of chickens	1,787
Number of ducks	79
Number of farm occupants who own their land	14
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	13
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	12
Number of horses aged over 3 years	701
Number of milk cows	299
Number of occupants of farms	16
Number of other cattle	22
Number of other fowl	282
Number of oxen	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep	13
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	6
Number of swine	29
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	12
OAT AC	28
OAT BU	588
PEA BU	60
POT AC	1
POT BU	145
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	52
Tons of hay produced in the past year	124

Other recorded variables (65 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	2
A 11 50	6
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	4
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	4,508
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	4,338
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	8,846
COARSE WOOL LB	52
COLTS FILLIES	12
DUCKS	79
FAMILIES	3,290
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	13,949
GEESE	13
GRA BU	3
HENS AND CHKN	1,787
HORSES OVR THREE	701
HOUSES	2,904
HOUSES B	2,071
HOUSES CON	119
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	82
HOUSES FIVE RM	278
HOUSES FOUR RM	778
HOUSES ONE RM	10
HOUSES ONE STRY	1,050
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	6
HOUSES S	123
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	1,147
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	18
HOUSES THREE RM	389
HOUSES THREE STRY	357
HOUSES TWO RM	202
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,491
HOUSES UNINH	172
HOUSES W	710
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	3,007
MD MALE	3,010
MD TOT	6,017
MILK COWS	299
NAME CD	Hochelaga
OC F	2
OC P	14
OC TOT	16
OTHER FOWL	282
OTHER HRN CATTLE	22
OTHERS	1,474
SHEEP	13
SHEEP KS	6
SILOS	5
SUP AM	817
SUP FOR	203
SUP JV	196
SUP PAT	366
SUP SC	255
SUP TOT	1,020
SWINE	29
SWINE KS	12
TOT DWLG OCC	2,904
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	40
WID FEM	411
WID MALE	149
WID TOT	560
WORKING OX	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC155019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC167006 — 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. Jean-Baptiste, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montreal-st-jean-baptiste-ward-quartier-qc155019-1891/.