Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Québec, Montcalm (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Québec, Montcalm (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,541. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.804°N, 71.218°W.
Population
In 1891, Québec, Montcalm (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,541: 1,426 male and 2,115 female residents. Population density was 7503.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6 |
| FAM NO | 593 |
| Number of families | 593 |
| Number of females | 2,115 |
| Number of males | 1,426 |
| Number of married females | 472 |
| Number of married males | 474 |
| Number of married persons | 946 |
| Number of widowed females | 169 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| Number of widowed persons | 206 |
| POP F | 2,115 |
| POP M | 1,426 |
| POP TOT | 3,541 |
| Total population | 3,541 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,474 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 915 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,389 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,542 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,999 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 523 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 388 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 84 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 51 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 13 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 72 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 302 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 188 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 90 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 42 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 274 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 20 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 523 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 7 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 69 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 8 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 84 |
| Acres of land in farms | 84 |
| Number of chickens | 607 |
| Number of ducks | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 8 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 134 |
| Number of milk cows | 111 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 9 |
| Number of other cattle | 25 |
| Number of other fowl | 28 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 8 |
| Number of sheep | 3 |
| Number of swine | 5 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 12 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 100 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 100 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,474 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 915 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,389 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 12 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| DUCKS | 21 |
| FAMILIES | 593 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6 |
| FRN CA | 1,542 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 607 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 134 |
| HOUSES | 523 |
| HOUSES B | 388 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 72 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 42 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 90 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 20 |
| HOUSES S | 84 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 274 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 13 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 24 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 188 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 302 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 13 |
| HOUSES W | 51 |
| INF 11 A | 8 |
| MD FEM | 472 |
| MD MALE | 474 |
| MD TOT | 946 |
| MILK COWS | 111 |
| NAME CD | Quebec, City—Cité |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 8 |
| OC TOT | 9 |
| OTHER FOWL | 28 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 25 |
| OTHERS | 1,999 |
| SHEEP | 3 |
| SUP AM | 84 |
| SUP JV | 7 |
| SUP PAT | 69 |
| SUP SC | 8 |
| SUP TOT | 84 |
| SWINE | 5 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 523 |
| WID FEM | 169 |
| WID MALE | 37 |
| WID TOT | 206 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC179006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC184003 — 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 (W.—O.), Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-montcalm-w-o-ward-quartier-qc179006-1891/.