Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,112. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.273°N, 66.085°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier had a population of 3,112: 1,510 male and 1,602 female residents. Population density was 8155.2 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, Lorne ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 123 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.70 |
| FAM NO | 665 |
| Number of families | 665 |
| Number of females | 1,602 |
| Number of males | 1,510 |
| Number of married females | 583 |
| Number of married males | 581 |
| Number of married persons | 1,164 |
| Number of widowed females | 105 |
| Number of widowed males | 51 |
| Number of widowed persons | 156 |
| POP F | 1,602 |
| POP M | 1,510 |
| POP TOT | 3,112 |
| Total population | 3,112 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 914 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 878 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,792 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 3,112 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 4 |
| Number of houses | 603 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 5 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 598 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 108 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 54 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 421 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 71 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 73 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 103 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 122 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 226 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 607 |
Agriculture (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 51 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 21 |
| Acres of hay crops | 51 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 75 |
| Acres of land in farms | 75 |
| Acres of oats | 4 |
| Acres of potatoes | 2 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 150 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 80 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 10 |
| HAY AC | 51 |
| HAY TONS | 77 |
| Number of chickens | 809 |
| Number of ducks | 13 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 10 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 147 |
| Number of milk cows | 66 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 4 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 9 |
| OAT AC | 4 |
| OAT BU | 200 |
| POT AC | 2 |
| POT BU | 150 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 36 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 77 |
Other recorded variables (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 914 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 878 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,792 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 36 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| DUCKS | 13 |
| FAMILIES | 665 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.70 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 10 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 809 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 147 |
| HOUSES | 603 |
| HOUSES B | 5 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 54 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 122 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 103 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 108 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 226 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 9 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 71 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 73 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 18 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 421 |
| HOUSES W | 598 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 583 |
| MD MALE | 581 |
| MD TOT | 1,164 |
| MILK COWS | 66 |
| NAME CD | St. John, County—Comté |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 3 |
| OC TOT | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 3,112 |
| SHEEP | 9 |
| SILOS | 10 |
| SUP AM | 75 |
| SUP JV | 3 |
| SUP PAT | 51 |
| SUP SC | 21 |
| SUP TOT | 75 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 607 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 80 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 4 |
| WID FEM | 105 |
| WID MALE | 51 |
| WID TOT | 156 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032012 — 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, Lorne ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-lorne-ward-quartier-nb021003-1891/.