St. John City, Kings ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John City, Kings ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,070. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.275°N, 66.065°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John City, Kings ward-quartier had a population of 3,070: 1,451 male and 1,619 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 1881
In the 1881 census, St. John City, Kings ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
- Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 3
- St. John City, Queens ward-quartier
- St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier
- St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 27 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,070 total population, 1,619 females, 1,451 males, 920 married persons, 609 families, 462 married females, 458 married males, 213 widowed persons, 159 widowed females, 54 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,937 single persons under 18, 998 single females under 18, 939 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 411 inhabited houses, 411 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 970 fathoms of fishing nets, 260 barrels of herring or alewives, 142 barrels of gaspareaux, 40 barrels of eels, 8 barrels of salmon, 8 fishing boats, 8 men on fishing boats, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,070 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:
NB024003— 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 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 City, Kings ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-kings-ward-quartier-nb024003-1881/.