St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,269. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.260°N, 66.071°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,269: 603 male and 666 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,219 |
| 1881 | 1,294 |
| 1891 | 1,269 |
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, Albert Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,269 total population, 666 females, 603 males, 467 married persons, 278 families, 234 married males, 233 married females, 67 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 735 single persons under 18, 382 single females under 18, 353 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,258 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 271 houses, 271 houses built of wood, 271 occupied houses, 204 houses of 2 stories, 108 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 62 houses of 1 story, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,230 pounds of homemade butter, 2,100 bushels of turnips, 1,142 acres of land in farms, 1,100 bushels of potatoes, 700 bushels of oats, 581 chickens, 577 acres of improved land in farms, 565 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 392 tons of hay, 363 acres of farmland under crops, 247 acres of hay crops, 214 acres of farmland in pasture, 95 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 53 milk cows, 46 other cattle, 42 horses aged over 3 years, 33 sheep, 24 acres of potatoes, 21 acres of oats, 18 acres of turnips, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 13 occupants of farms, 12 ducks, 12 other fowl, 10 farm occupants who own their land, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 swine, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 geese, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB020001— 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, Albert Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-albert-ward-quartier-nb020001-1891/.