Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,986. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.818°N, 71.229°W.
Population
In 1891, Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier had a population of 8,986: 4,238 male and 4,748 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 6,850 |
| 1881 | 8,055 |
| 1891 | 8,986 |
| 1901 | 10,028 |
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. Roch, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Québec, Jacques-Cartier, Ward—Quartier
- Québec, St. Pierre, Ward—Quartier
- St. Roch, North—Nord
- St. Roch, South —Sud
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 8,986 total population, 4,748 females, 4,238 males, 2,977 married persons, 1,829 families, 1,494 married females, 1,483 married males, 484 widowed persons, 329 widowed females, 155 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,525 single persons under 18, 2,925 single females under 18, 2,600 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 8,652 French Canadians, 334 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 991 houses, 991 occupied houses, 623 houses of 2 stories, 483 houses built of wood, 475 houses built of brick, 295 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 278 houses of 1 story, 255 houses of 4 rooms, 124 houses of 3 rooms, 98 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 85 houses of 3 stories, 84 houses of 5 rooms, 81 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses of over 15 rooms, 33 houses built of stone, 7 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,200 pounds of homemade butter, 741 chickens, 285 horses aged over 3 years, 75 milk cows, 71 acres of hay crops, 69 acres of land in farms, 42 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 27 acres of improved land in farms, 20 acres of farmland in pasture, 19 tons of hay, 16 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15 other fowl, 13 swine, 12 bushels of spring wheat, 10 bushels of potatoes, 8 bushels of oats, 8 ducks, 7 farm occupants who own their land, 7 geese, 7 occupants of farms, 6 acres of farmland under crops, 6 bushels of peas, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 oxen, 4 sheep, 4 turkeys, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of oats, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 acres of wheat, 1 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas McGreevy | 1825–1897 | died here |
| William Henry Baldwin | 1827–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC179011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC183002— 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. Roch, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-st-roch-ward-quartier-qc179011-1891/.