Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Québec, St. Roch, Ward—Quartier (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

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 density was 24306.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	6,850
1881	8,055
1891	8,986
1901	10,028
1911	9,910

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:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.90
FAM NO	1,829
Number of families	1,829
Number of females	4,748
Number of males	4,238
Number of married females	1,494
Number of married males	1,483
Number of married persons	2,977
Number of widowed females	329
Number of widowed males	155
Number of widowed persons	484
POP F	4,748
POP M	4,238
POP TOT	8,986
Total population	8,986

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	2,925
Number of single males under 18	2,600
Number of single persons under 18	5,525

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	8,652
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	334

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	991
Number of houses built of brick	475
Number of houses built of stone	33
Number of houses built of wood	483
Number of houses of 1 room	5
Number of houses of 1 story	278
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	98
Number of houses of 2 rooms	81
Number of houses of 2 stories	623
Number of houses of 3 rooms	124
Number of houses of 3 stories	85
Number of houses of 4 rooms	255
Number of houses of 5 rooms	84
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	295
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	5
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	49
Number of houses under construction	7
Number of occupied houses	991
Number of uninhabited houses	6

Agriculture (42 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	20
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	42
Acres of farmland under crops	6
Acres of hay crops	71
Acres of improved land in farms	27
Acres of land in farms	69
Acres of oats	1
Acres of potatoes	1
Acres of wheat	1
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	8
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	6
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	10
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	12
HAY AC	71
HAY TONS	19
Number of chickens	741
Number of ducks	8
Number of farm occupants who own their land	7
Number of geese	7
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	1
Number of horses aged over 3 years	285
Number of milk cows	75
Number of occupants of farms	7
Number of other fowl	15
Number of oxen	4
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	6
Number of sheep	4
Number of swine	13
Number of turkeys	4
OAT AC	1
OAT BU	8
PEA BU	6
POT AC	1
POT BU	10
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	16
Pounds of homemade butter	1,200
Tons of hay produced in the past year	19
WHT AC	1
WHT SP BU	12

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 51 100	1
BEN BU	4
BUTTER LB	1,200
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	2,925
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	2,600
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	5,525
COARSE WOOL LB	16
COLTS FILLIES	1
DUCKS	8
FAMILIES	1,829
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.90
FRN CA	8,652
GEESE	7
HENS AND CHKN	741
HORSES OVR THREE	285
HOUSES	991
HOUSES B	475
HOUSES CON	7
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	98
HOUSES FIVE RM	84
HOUSES FOUR RM	255
HOUSES ONE RM	5
HOUSES ONE STRY	278
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	5
HOUSES S	33
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	295
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	49
HOUSES THREE RM	124
HOUSES THREE STRY	85
HOUSES TWO RM	81
HOUSES TWO STRY	623
HOUSES UNINH	6
HOUSES W	483
INF 11 A	6
MD FEM	1,494
MD MALE	1,483
MD TOT	2,977
MILK COWS	75
NAME CD	Quebec, City—Cité
OC P	7
OC TOT	7
OTHER FOWL	15
OTHERS	334
SHEEP	4
SUP AM	27
SUP FOR	42
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	20
SUP SC	6
SUP TOT	69
SWINE	13
TOT DWLG OCC	991
TURKEY	4
WID FEM	329
WID MALE	155
WID TOT	484
WORKING OX	4

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC188006 — 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/.