St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.287°N, 66.054°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier had a population of 3,338: 1,582 male and 1,756 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,215 |
| 1891 | 3,338 |
| 1901 | 3,263 |
| 1911 | 3,659 |
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, Victoria ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Simonds
- St. John City, Dufferin ward-quartier
- St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier
- St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier
- St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 58 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,338 total population, 1,756 females, 1,582 males, 1,092 married persons, 628 families, 547 married females, 545 married males, 127 widowed persons, 101 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,119 single persons under 18, 1,108 single females under 18, 1,011 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,337 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 531 houses, 531 occupied houses, 523 houses built of wood, 433 houses of 2 stories, 261 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 78 houses of 3 stories, 72 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 26 houses of over 15 rooms, 20 houses of 1 story, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 824 chickens, 549 acres of land in farms, 398 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 200 pounds of homemade butter, 152 acres of improved land in farms, 136 tons of hay, 128 acres of farmland under crops, 98 acres of hay crops, 97 horses aged over 3 years, 37 milk cows, 22 acres of farmland in pasture, 19 ducks, 17 occupants of farms, 15 bushels of potatoes, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 geese, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 other cattle, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032017— 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, Victoria ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-victoria-ward-quartier-nb021005-1891/.