St. John City, Kings ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Kings ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.275°N, 66.065°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Kings ward-quartier had a population of 2,762: 1,317 male and 1,445 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,785 |
| 1881 | 3,070 |
| 1891 | 2,762 |
| 1901 | 2,364 |
| 1911 | 2,038 |
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, Kings ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Portland, Dufferin, Ward—Quartier
- St. John City, Queens ward-quartier
- St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier
- St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,762 total population, 1,445 females, 1,317 males, 804 married persons, 534 families, 408 married females, 396 married males, 203 widowed persons, 153 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,755 single persons under 18, 884 single females under 18, 871 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,762 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 378 occupied houses, 377 houses, 307 houses built of wood, 199 houses of 2 stories, 183 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 144 houses of 3 stories, 109 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 70 houses built of brick, 37 houses of over 15 rooms, 25 houses of more than 3 stories, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 9 houses of 1 story, 7 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 500 bushels of oats, 390 bushels of potatoes, 356 acres of land in farms, 340 bushels of turnips, 296 acres of improved land in farms, 161 acres of farmland under crops, 124 acres of farmland in pasture, 115 chickens, 114 tons of hay, 80 acres of hay crops, 69 horses aged over 3 years, 60 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 24 acres of oats, 22 milk cows, 12 occupants of farms, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 ducks, 8 farm occupants who own their land, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other cattle, 3 acres of potatoes, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032010— 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, Kings ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-kings-ward-quartier-nb020005-1891/.