Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Québec, St. Jean, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Québec, St. Jean, Ward—Quartier was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,747. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.811°N, 71.222°W.
Population
In 1891, Québec, St. Jean, Ward—Quartier had a population of 7,747: 3,422 male and 4,325 female residents.
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, St. Jean, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 1,398 |
| Number of families | 1,398 |
| Number of females | 4,325 |
| Number of males | 3,422 |
| Number of married females | 1,173 |
| Number of married males | 1,160 |
| Number of married persons | 2,333 |
| Number of widowed females | 349 |
| Number of widowed males | 87 |
| Number of widowed persons | 436 |
| POP F | 4,325 |
| POP M | 3,422 |
| POP TOT | 7,747 |
| Total population | 7,747 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 2,803 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 2,175 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 4,978 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 6,842 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 905 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 1,209 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 756 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 169 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 284 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 5 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 389 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 68 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 74 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 583 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 147 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 187 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 290 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 119 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 485 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 50 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses under construction | 22 |
| Number of occupied houses | 1,209 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 46 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 14 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 94 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 673 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 320 |
| Acres of hay crops | 131 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 428 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,101 |
| Acres of oats | 18 |
| Acres of potatoes | 10 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 4 |
| BAR AC | 1 |
| BAR BU | 10 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 450 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,200 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,220 |
| BWT BU | 20 |
| CRN BU | 10 |
| HAY AC | 131 |
| HAY TONS | 119 |
| Number of chickens | 778 |
| Number of ducks | 7 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 342 |
| Number of milk cows | 468 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 23 |
| Number of other cattle | 20 |
| Number of other fowl | 32 |
| Number of oxen | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 14 |
| Number of sheep | 11 |
| Number of swine | 90 |
| OAT AC | 18 |
| OAT BU | 450 |
| PEA BU | 10 |
| POT AC | 10 |
| POT BU | 1,200 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 44 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,500 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 119 |
| WHT AC | 4 |
| WHT SP BU | 40 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 3 |
| BEN BU | 6 |
| BUTTER LB | 2,500 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 2,803 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 2,175 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 4,978 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 44 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| DUCKS | 7 |
| FAMILIES | 1,398 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FRN CA | 6,842 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 778 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 342 |
| HOUSES | 1,209 |
| HOUSES B | 756 |
| HOUSES CON | 22 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 68 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 119 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 290 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 389 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 50 |
| HOUSES S | 169 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 485 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 21 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 147 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 187 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 74 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 583 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 46 |
| HOUSES W | 284 |
| INF 11 A | 14 |
| MD FEM | 1,173 |
| MD MALE | 1,160 |
| MD TOT | 2,333 |
| MILK COWS | 468 |
| NAME CD | Quebec, City—Cité |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 21 |
| OC TOT | 23 |
| OTHER FOWL | 32 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 20 |
| OTHERS | 905 |
| SHEEP | 11 |
| SUP AM | 428 |
| SUP FOR | 673 |
| SUP JV | 14 |
| SUP PAT | 94 |
| SUP SC | 320 |
| SUP TOT | 1,101 |
| SWINE | 90 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 1,209 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 1,220 |
| WID FEM | 349 |
| WID MALE | 87 |
| WID TOT | 436 |
| WORKING OX | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC179008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC182004_1871 — 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, St. Jean, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-jean-ward-quartier-qc179008-1891/.