Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: St. John (City—Ville)
St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in St. John (City—Ville) County, 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 density was 4899.7 people per square mile.
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 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 262 |
| Number of families | 262 |
| Number of females | 646 |
| Number of males | 646 |
| Number of married females | 217 |
| Number of married males | 217 |
| Number of married persons | 434 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 60 |
| POP TOT | 1,292 |
| Total population | 1,292 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 390 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 408 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 798 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 179 |
| Number of occupied houses | 180 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 6 |
| Acres of potatoes | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 149 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 315 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 48 |
| HAY AC | 6 |
| HAY TONS | 20 |
| OAT BU | 50 |
| POT AC | 4 |
| POT BU | 315 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 20 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1,365 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,120 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 18 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,842 |
| Number of fishing boats | 13 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 26 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 12 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 34 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,120 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 26 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 13 |
| C UNMD F | 390 |
| C UNMD M | 408 |
| C UNMD TOT | 798 |
| CD NAME | St. John (City—Ville) |
| COD DX K | 34 |
| D OCC | 180 |
| EEL XB Q | 4 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 646 |
| GSP XB Q | 1,365 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 179 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| MALE | 646 |
| MD F | 217 |
| MD M | 217 |
| MD TOT | 434 |
| NET XX F | 2,842 |
| NUMBER CD | 24 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 149 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHD XB Q | 4 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| SLM XB Q | 18 |
| TUR BU | 48 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 12 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 60 |
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/.