St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1911 census)
St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,229. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.273°N, 66.085°W.
Population
In 1911, St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier had a population of 4,229: 2,117 male and 2,112 female residents. Population density was 10069.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901 | 3,256 |
| 1911 | 4,229 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. John, C, 1921 (2.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. John City, Lorne ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 10,069.04 population per square mile, 4,229 total population, 2,117 males in the population, 2,112 females in the population, 1,214 single (never-married) males, 1,135 single (never-married) females, 921 families, 839 married males, 814 married females, 271 area in acres, 163 widowed females, 63 widowed males, 1 divorced males, 0.42 area in square miles. 3,256 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,496 persons of British origin (English), 1,398 persons of British origin (Irish), 700 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 70 persons of Dutch origin, 41 persons of French origin, 39 persons of British origin (other), 38 persons of German origin, 19 persons of Scandinavian origin, 9 persons of Chinese origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 17 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. 5 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.) The 1911 enumerator also recorded 1 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Hindu"; in 1911 this label denoted South Asian origin (not religious identification). Reflects period British-colonial conflation of religion and ethnicity; modern usage of "Hindu" is religious. — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,773 Baptists, 895 Anglicans (Church of England), 819 Roman Catholics, 395 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 354 Methodists, 223 Presbyterians, 88 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 30 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 15 Adventists, 11 Disciples of Christ, 8 Salvation Army adherents, 7 Congregationalists, 5 Jews, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 493 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB032012— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-lorne-ward-quartier-nb032012-1911/.