St. John City, Queens ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Queens ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,698. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.273°N, 66.057°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Queens ward-quartier had a population of 3,698: 1,639 male and 2,059 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,985 |
| 1881 | 3,432 |
| 1891 | 3,698 |
| 1901 | 3,571 |
| 1911 | 3,409 |
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, Queens ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 62 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,698 total population, 2,059 females, 1,639 males, 1,206 married persons, 713 families, 606 married females, 600 married males, 237 widowed persons, 183 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,255 single persons under 18, 1,270 single females under 18, 985 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,694 persons who are not French Canadian, 4 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 639 houses, 639 occupied houses, 365 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 360 houses of 2 stories, 359 houses built of wood, 269 houses built of brick, 197 houses of 3 stories, 135 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 50 houses of 1 story, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of over 15 rooms, 32 houses of more than 3 stories, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 450 bushels of potatoes, 392 acres of land in farms, 304 chickens, 209 acres of improved land in farms, 188 tons of hay, 183 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 174 horses aged over 3 years, 160 bushels of turnips, 150 pounds of homemade butter, 127 acres of hay crops, 113 acres of farmland under crops, 83 acres of farmland in pasture, 26 milk cows, 24 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 13 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 farm occupants who own their land, 12 occupants of farms, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 10 bushels of oats, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 bushels of peas, 6 sheep, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 ducks, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032014— 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, Queens ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-queens-ward-quartier-nb020007-1891/.