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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,480 |
| 1891 | 2,699 |
| 1901 | 2,712 |
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. Jean, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Louis, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,699 total population, 1,427 females, 1,272 males, 824 married persons, 481 families, 412 married females, 412 married males, 137 widowed persons, 96 widowed females, 41 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,738 single persons under 18, 919 single females under 18, 819 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,894 French Canadians, 805 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 337 houses, 337 occupied houses, 225 houses built of stone, 151 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 138 uninhabited houses, 137 houses of 2 stories, 102 houses of 1 story, 85 houses built of brick, 84 houses of 3 stories, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses built of wood, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of more than 3 stories, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 68 chickens, 63 horses aged over 3 years, 36 other fowl, 16 milk cows, 10 ducks, 10 other cattle. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V4T3.)
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/.