St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,629. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.272°N, 66.079°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier had a population of 3,629: 1,763 male and 1,866 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,797 |
| 1891 | 3,629 |
| 1901 | 4,278 |
| 1911 | 4,614 |
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, St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- St. John City, Dufferin ward-quartier
- St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier
- St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 56 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,629 total population, 1,866 females, 1,763 males, 1,258 married persons, 772 families, 629 married females, 629 married males, 183 widowed persons, 135 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,188 single persons under 18, 1,102 single females under 18, 1,086 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,629 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 522 occupied houses, 520 houses, 504 houses built of wood, 359 houses of 2 stories, 228 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 150 houses of 3 stories, 121 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 61 houses of over 15 rooms, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses built of brick, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of more than 3 stories, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 story. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 766 chickens, 227 acres of improved land in farms, 227 acres of land in farms, 225 acres of hay crops, 207 tons of hay, 140 acres of farmland in pasture, 90 horses aged over 3 years, 70 acres of farmland under crops, 36 milk cows, 34 ducks, 27 geese, 11 occupants of farms, 10 farm occupants who own their land, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 other fowl, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 other cattle, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 turkeys, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032011— 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). "St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-lansdowne-ward-quartier-nb021002-1891/.