St. John City, Queens ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John City, Queens ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,432. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.273°N, 66.057°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John City, Queens ward-quartier had a population of 3,432: 1,487 male and 1,945 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 1881
In the 1881 census, St. John City, Queens ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,432 total population, 1,945 females, 1,487 males, 1,013 married persons, 635 families, 507 married females, 506 married males, 232 widowed persons, 177 widowed females, 55 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,187 single persons under 18, 1,261 single females under 18, 926 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 459 inhabited houses, 459 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,432 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:
NB024004— 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 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, Queens ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-queens-ward-quartier-nb024004-1881/.