St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,294. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.260°N, 66.071°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,294: 637 male and 657 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 1881
In the 1881 census, St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,294 total population, 657 females, 637 males, 430 married persons, 251 families, 218 married males, 212 married females, 62 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 802 single persons under 18, 402 single males under 18, 400 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 199 inhabited houses, 199 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 100 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of spring wheat, 10 bushels of potatoes, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,800 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,250 barrels of gaspareaux, 60 barrels of salmon, 50 barrels of herring or alewives, 6 men on fishing boats, 5 barrels of halibut, 4 fishing boats, 3 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 55 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,294 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB024008— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-albert-ward-quartier-nb024008-1881/.