Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
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 density was 6514.1 people per square mile.
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 132 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.50 |
| FAM NO | 278 |
| Number of families | 278 |
| Number of females | 666 |
| Number of males | 603 |
| Number of married females | 233 |
| Number of married males | 234 |
| Number of married persons | 467 |
| Number of widowed females | 51 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 67 |
| POP F | 666 |
| POP M | 603 |
| POP TOT | 1,269 |
| Total population | 1,269 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 382 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 353 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 735 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 11 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,258 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 271 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 271 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 62 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 204 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 48 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 41 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 108 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 271 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (41 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 214 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 565 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 363 |
| Acres of hay crops | 247 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 577 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,142 |
| Acres of oats | 21 |
| Acres of potatoes | 24 |
| Acres of turnips | 18 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 700 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,100 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,100 |
| BWT BU | 15 |
| HAY AC | 247 |
| HAY TONS | 392 |
| Number of chickens | 581 |
| Number of ducks | 12 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 4 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 42 |
| Number of milk cows | 53 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 13 |
| Number of other cattle | 46 |
| Number of other fowl | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| Number of sheep | 33 |
| Number of swine | 4 |
| OAT AC | 21 |
| OAT BU | 700 |
| POT AC | 24 |
| POT BU | 1,100 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 95 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,230 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 392 |
Other recorded variables (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,230 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 382 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 353 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 735 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 4 |
| DUCKS | 12 |
| FAMILIES | 278 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.50 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 95 |
| FRN CA | 11 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 581 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 42 |
| HOUSES | 271 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 13 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 41 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 48 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 62 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 108 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 54 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 204 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 271 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 233 |
| MD MALE | 234 |
| MD TOT | 467 |
| MILK COWS | 53 |
| NAME CD | St. John, City—Cité |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 10 |
| OC TOT | 13 |
| OTHER FOWL | 12 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 46 |
| OTHERS | 1,258 |
| SHEEP | 33 |
| SUP AM | 577 |
| SUP FOR | 565 |
| SUP PAT | 214 |
| SUP SC | 363 |
| SUP TOT | 1,142 |
| SWINE | 4 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 271 |
| TUR AC | 18 |
| TUR BU | 2,100 |
| WID FEM | 51 |
| WID MALE | 16 |
| WID TOT | 67 |
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/.