Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
St. John City, Dukes ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Dukes ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,055. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.270°N, 66.056°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Dukes ward-quartier had a population of 3,055: 1,340 male and 1,715 female residents. Population density was 21169.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 City, Dukes 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 | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 630 |
| Number of families | 630 |
| Number of females | 1,715 |
| Number of males | 1,340 |
| Number of married females | 505 |
| Number of married males | 494 |
| Number of married persons | 999 |
| Number of widowed females | 181 |
| Number of widowed males | 47 |
| Number of widowed persons | 228 |
| POP F | 1,715 |
| POP M | 1,340 |
| POP TOT | 3,055 |
| Total population | 3,055 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,029 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 799 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,828 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 15 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 3,040 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 555 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 145 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 3 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 407 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 6 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 85 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 361 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 23 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 167 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 66 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 73 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 286 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 21 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 16 |
| Number of occupied houses | 556 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 20 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 72 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,018 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 112 |
| Acres of hay crops | 57 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 204 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,222 |
| Acres of oats | 12 |
| Acres of potatoes | 4 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 305 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 505 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 120 |
| HAY AC | 57 |
| HAY TONS | 87 |
| Number of chickens | 368 |
| Number of ducks | 7 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 8 |
| Number of geese | 6 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 10 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 121 |
| Number of milk cows | 13 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 8 |
| Number of other cattle | 7 |
| Number of other fowl | 150 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| OAT AC | 12 |
| OAT BU | 305 |
| PEA BU | 2 |
| POT AC | 4 |
| POT BU | 505 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 50 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 70 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 87 |
Other recorded variables (56 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 70 |
| CHEESE LB | 50 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,029 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 799 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,828 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 10 |
| DUCKS | 7 |
| FAMILIES | 630 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FRN CA | 15 |
| GEESE | 6 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 368 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 121 |
| HOUSES | 555 |
| HOUSES B | 145 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 85 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 73 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 66 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 21 |
| HOUSES S | 3 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 286 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 16 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 23 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 167 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 361 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 407 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 505 |
| MD MALE | 494 |
| MD TOT | 999 |
| MILK COWS | 13 |
| NAME CD | St. John, City—Cité |
| OC P | 8 |
| OC TOT | 8 |
| OTHER FOWL | 150 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 7 |
| OTHERS | 3,040 |
| SUP AM | 204 |
| SUP FOR | 1,018 |
| SUP JV | 20 |
| SUP PAT | 72 |
| SUP SC | 112 |
| SUP TOT | 1,222 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 556 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 120 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 181 |
| WID MALE | 47 |
| WID TOT | 228 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032007 — 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 City, Dukes ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-dukes-ward-quartier-nb020003-1891/.