Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,525. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.813°N, 71.224°W.

Population

In 1891, Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier had a population of 8,525: 3,978 male and 4,547 female residents. Population density was 58566.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	9,072
1871	8,922
1881	8,313
1891	8,525
1901	8,866
1911	8,273

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, Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 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	1,739
Number of families	1,739
Number of females	4,547
Number of males	3,978
Number of married females	1,401
Number of married males	1,399
Number of married persons	2,800
Number of widowed females	337
Number of widowed males	127
Number of widowed persons	464
POP F	4,547
POP M	3,978
POP TOT	8,525
Total population	8,525

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,809
Number of single males under 18	2,452
Number of single persons under 18	5,261

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	7,821
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	704

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	991
Number of houses built of brick	391
Number of houses built of stone	105
Number of houses built of wood	495
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	380
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	171
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	494
Number of houses of 3 rooms	45
Number of houses of 3 stories	110
Number of houses of 4 rooms	128
Number of houses of 5 rooms	106
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	470
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	7
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	63
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	991
Number of uninhabited houses	17

Agriculture (47 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	12
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	15
Acres of farmland in pasture	273
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	404
Acres of farmland under crops	205
Acres of hay crops	100
Acres of improved land in farms	493
Acres of land in farms	897
Acres of oats	13
Acres of potatoes	1
BAR AC	12
BAR BU	200
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	200
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	200
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	2
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	82
HAY AC	100
HAY TONS	96
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	159
Number of chickens	775
Number of ducks	17
Number of farm occupants who own their land	32
Number of geese	25
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	31
Number of horses aged over 3 years	343
Number of milk cows	44
Number of occupants of farms	32
Number of other cattle	2
Number of other fowl	106
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	5
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	20
Number of sheep	4
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	1,000
Number of swine	8
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	680
Number of turkeys	1
OAT AC	13
OAT BU	200
PEA BU	2
POT AC	1
POT BU	82
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	16
Tons of hay produced in the past year	96

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	2
A 11 50	5
A 51 100	5
BEN BU	3
CATTLE KS	159
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,809
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,452
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	5,261
COARSE WOOL LB	16
COLTS FILLIES	31
DUCKS	17
FAMILIES	1,739
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FRN CA	7,821
GEESE	25
HENS AND CHKN	775
HORSES OVR THREE	343
HOUSES	991
HOUSES B	391
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	171
HOUSES FIVE RM	106
HOUSES FOUR RM	128
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	380
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	7
HOUSES S	105
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	470
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	63
HOUSES THREE RM	45
HOUSES THREE STRY	110
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	494
HOUSES UNINH	17
HOUSES W	495
INF 11 A	20
MD FEM	1,401
MD MALE	1,399
MD TOT	2,800
MILK COWS	44
NAME CD	Quebec, City—Cité
OC P	32
OC TOT	32
OTHER FOWL	106
OTHER HRN CATTLE	2
OTHERS	704
SHEEP	4
SHEEP KS	1,000
SUP AM	493
SUP FOR	404
SUP JV	15
SUP PAT	273
SUP SC	205
SUP TOT	897
SWINE	8
SWINE KS	680
TOT DWLG OCC	991
TURKEY	1
WID FEM	337
WID MALE	127
WID TOT	464
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC188001 — 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). "Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-jacques-cartier-ward-quartier-qc179004-1891/.