St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.305°N, 66.076°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier had a population of 952: 483 male and 469 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,000 |
| 1891 | 952 |
| 1901 | 905 |
| 1911 | 1,155 |
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, Stanley ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Simonds
- St. John City, Dufferin ward-quartier
- St. John City, Lansdowne ward-quartier
- St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier
- St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 952 total population, 483 males, 469 females, 283 married persons, 166 families, 142 married males, 141 married females, 53 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 616 single persons under 18, 322 single males under 18, 294 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 951 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 157 occupied houses, 155 houses, 155 houses built of wood, 111 houses of 1 story, 55 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,879 pounds of homemade butter, 3,533 acres of land in farms, 2,022 acres of improved land in farms, 1,747 chickens, 1,688 bushels of potatoes, 1,510 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,116 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,086 bushels of oats, 934 bushels of turnips, 898 acres of farmland under crops, 845 tons of hay, 632 acres of hay crops, 258 milk cows, 97 other cattle, 93 horses aged over 3 years, 88 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 80 swine slaughtered or sold, 73 swine, 65 cattle killed or sold, 49 occupants of farms, 48 ducks, 42 acres of oats, 30 bushels of buckwheat, 29 farm occupants who own their land, 23 acres of potatoes, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 sheep, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 geese, 18 turkeys, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032015— 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, Stanley ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-stanley-ward-quartier-nb021004-1891/.