Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

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

Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,354. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.815°N, 71.209°W.

Population

In 1891, Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,354: 1,009 male and 1,345 female residents. Population density was 29060.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	2,451
1881	2,409
1891	2,354
1901	2,587
1911	1,872

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, Palais, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 146 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.60
FAM NO	358
Number of families	358
Number of females	1,345
Number of males	1,009
Number of married females	276
Number of married males	271
Number of married persons	547
Number of widowed females	116
Number of widowed males	42
Number of widowed persons	158
POP F	1,345
POP M	1,009
POP TOT	2,354
Total population	2,354

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	953
Number of single males under 18	696
Number of single persons under 18	1,649

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,509
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	845

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	337
Number of houses built of brick	57
Number of houses built of stone	272
Number of houses built of wood	8
Number of houses of 1 story	69
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	90
Number of houses of 2 rooms	4
Number of houses of 2 stories	101
Number of houses of 3 rooms	7
Number of houses of 3 stories	134
Number of houses of 4 rooms	20
Number of houses of 5 rooms	20
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	173
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	33
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	23
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	337
Number of uninhabited houses	33

Agriculture (46 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	47
Acres of farmland in pasture	23
Acres of farmland under crops	317
Acres of hay crops	236
Acres of improved land in farms	387
Acres of land in farms	387
Acres of oats	46
Acres of potatoes	16
Acres of turnips	4
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	3
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,600
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	550
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	110
CRN BU	4
HAY AC	236
HAY TONS	381
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	4
Number of chickens	245
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	10
Number of geese	18
Number of horses aged over 3 years	86
Number of milk cows	75
Number of occupants of farms	10
Number of other cattle	15
Number of other fowl	3
Number of oxen	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	5
Number of sheep	45
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	6
Number of swine	10
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	2
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	46
OAT BU	1,600
PEA BU	1
POT AC	16
POT BU	550
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	164
Pounds of homemade butter	1,600
Tons of hay produced in the past year	381

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	2
A 51 100	2
BEN BU	3
BUTTER LB	1,600
CATTLE KS	4
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	953
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	696
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,649
COARSE WOOL LB	164
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	358
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.60
FRN CA	1,509
GEESE	18
HENS AND CHKN	245
HORSES OVR THREE	86
HOUSES	337
HOUSES B	57
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	90
HOUSES FIVE RM	20
HOUSES FOUR RM	20
HOUSES ONE STRY	69
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	33
HOUSES S	272
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	173
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	23
HOUSES THREE RM	7
HOUSES THREE STRY	134
HOUSES TWO RM	4
HOUSES TWO STRY	101
HOUSES UNINH	33
HOUSES W	8
INF 11 A	5
MD FEM	276
MD MALE	271
MD TOT	547
MILK COWS	75
NAME CD	Quebec, City—Cité
OC P	10
OC TOT	10
OTHER FOWL	3
OTHER HRN CATTLE	15
OTHERS	845
SHEEP	45
SHEEP KS	6
SUP AM	387
SUP JV	47
SUP PAT	23
SUP SC	317
SUP TOT	387
SWINE	10
SWINE KS	2
TOT DWLG OCC	337
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	110
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	116
WID MALE	42
WID TOT	158
WORKING OX	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC187003 — 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, Palais, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-palais-ward-quartier-qc179007-1891/.