Québec, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Québec, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Québec, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,941. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.809°N, 71.221°W.

Population

In 1891, Québec, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,941: 1,765 male and 2,176 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	3,941
1901	3,915

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, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5
FAM NO	784
Number of families	784
Number of females	2,176
Number of males	1,765
Number of married females	620
Number of married males	624
Number of married persons	1,244
Number of widowed females	186
Number of widowed males	50
Number of widowed persons	236
POP F	2,176
POP M	1,765
POP TOT	3,941
Total population	3,941

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,370
Number of single males under 18	1,091
Number of single persons under 18	2,461

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2,580
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,361

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	672
Number of houses built of brick	389
Number of houses built of stone	112
Number of houses built of wood	171
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	231
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	45
Number of houses of 2 rooms	35
Number of houses of 2 stories	284
Number of houses of 3 rooms	70
Number of houses of 3 stories	103
Number of houses of 4 rooms	159
Number of houses of 5 rooms	71
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	282
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	54
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	9
Number of houses under construction	5
Number of occupied houses	672
Number of uninhabited houses	22

Agriculture (34 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	3
Acres of farmland in pasture	15
Acres of farmland under crops	16
Acres of hay crops	10
Acres of improved land in farms	34
Acres of land in farms	34
Acres of oats	1
Acres of potatoes	1
Acres of turnips	1
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	25
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	50
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	50
HAY AC	10
HAY TONS	8
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	1
Number of chickens	368
Number of ducks	3
Number of farm occupants who own their land	2
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	158
Number of milk cows	35
Number of occupants of farms	5
Number of other cattle	6
Number of other fowl	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	4
Number of swine	2
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	1
OAT BU	25
POT AC	1
POT BU	50
Tons of hay produced in the past year	8

Other recorded variables (55 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
CATTLE KS	1
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,370
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,091
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	2,461
COLTS FILLIES	2
DUCKS	3
FAMILIES	784
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FRN CA	2,580
HENS AND CHKN	368
HORSES OVR THREE	158
HOUSES	672
HOUSES B	389
HOUSES CON	5
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	45
HOUSES FIVE RM	71
HOUSES FOUR RM	159
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	231
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	54
HOUSES S	112
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	282
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	9
HOUSES THREE RM	70
HOUSES THREE STRY	103
HOUSES TWO RM	35
HOUSES TWO STRY	284
HOUSES UNINH	22
HOUSES W	171
INF 11 A	4
MD FEM	620
MD MALE	624
MD TOT	1,244
MILK COWS	35
NAME CD	Quebec, City—Cité
OC F	3
OC P	2
OC TOT	5
OTHER FOWL	2
OTHER HRN CATTLE	6
OTHERS	1,361
SUP AM	34
SUP JV	3
SUP PAT	15
SUP SC	16
SUP TOT	34
SWINE	2
TOT DWLG OCC	672
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	50
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	186
WID MALE	50
WID TOT	236

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC182002 — 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, Montcalm (Centre), Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-montcalm-centre-ward-quartier-qc179005-1891/.