St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,292. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.257°N, 66.066°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,292: 646 male and 646 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,332 |
| 1881 | 1,292 |
| 1891 | 1,168 |
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, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,292 total population, 646 females, 646 males, 434 married persons, 262 families, 217 married females, 217 married males, 60 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 798 single persons under 18, 408 single males under 18, 390 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 180 occupied houses, 179 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 315 bushels of potatoes, 149 bushels of other root crops, 50 bushels of oats, 48 bushels of turnips, 20 tons of hay, 6 acres of hay crops, 4 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,842 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,365 barrels of gaspareaux, 1,120 barrels of herring or alewives, 34 quintals of cod, 26 men on fishing boats, 18 barrels of salmon, 13 fishing boats, 12 men on fishing vessels, 4 barrels of eels, 4 fishing vessels, 3 shoremen, 2 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,292 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:
NB024007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB020002— 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, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-brook-s-ward-quartier-nb024007-1881/.