Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,699. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.818°N, 71.207°W.
Population
In 1891, Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,699: 1,272 male and 1,427 female residents. Population density was 11476.6 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, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Québec, Champlain, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, Palais, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, ward-quartier St. Jean
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.60 |
| FAM NO | 481 |
| Number of families | 481 |
| Number of females | 1,427 |
| Number of males | 1,272 |
| Number of married females | 412 |
| Number of married males | 412 |
| Number of married persons | 824 |
| Number of widowed females | 96 |
| Number of widowed males | 41 |
| Number of widowed persons | 137 |
| POP F | 1,427 |
| POP M | 1,272 |
| POP TOT | 2,699 |
| Total population | 2,699 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 919 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 819 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,738 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,894 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 805 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 337 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 85 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 225 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 27 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 102 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 41 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 137 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 37 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 84 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 151 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 14 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of occupied houses | 337 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 138 |
Agriculture (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of chickens | 68 |
| Number of ducks | 10 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 63 |
| Number of milk cows | 16 |
| Number of other cattle | 10 |
| Number of other fowl | 36 |
Other recorded variables (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 919 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 819 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,738 |
| DUCKS | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 481 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.60 |
| FRN CA | 1,894 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 68 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 63 |
| HOUSES | 337 |
| HOUSES B | 85 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 41 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 54 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 102 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 14 |
| HOUSES S | 225 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 151 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 37 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 84 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 137 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 138 |
| HOUSES W | 27 |
| MD FEM | 412 |
| MD MALE | 412 |
| MD TOT | 824 |
| MILK COWS | 16 |
| NAME CD | Quebec, City—Cité |
| OTHER FOWL | 36 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 10 |
| OTHERS | 805 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 337 |
| WID FEM | 96 |
| WID MALE | 41 |
| WID TOT | 137 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC179010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC184004 — 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. Pierre, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-pierre-ward-quartier-qc179010-1891/.