Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.305°N, 66.076°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Stanley ward-quartier had a population of 952: 483 male and 469 female residents. Population density was 87.6 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, Stanley ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 166 |
| Number of families | 166 |
| Number of females | 469 |
| Number of males | 483 |
| Number of married females | 141 |
| Number of married males | 142 |
| Number of married persons | 283 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 53 |
| POP F | 469 |
| POP M | 483 |
| POP TOT | 952 |
| Total population | 952 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 294 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 322 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 616 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 951 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 155 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 155 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 111 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 41 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 55 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 157 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 8 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,116 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,510 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 898 |
| Acres of hay crops | 632 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,022 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,533 |
| Acres of oats | 42 |
| Acres of potatoes | 23 |
| Acres of turnips | 11 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,086 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,688 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 934 |
| BWT BU | 30 |
| HAY AC | 632 |
| HAY TONS | 845 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 65 |
| Number of chickens | 1,747 |
| Number of ducks | 48 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 29 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 20 |
| Number of geese | 20 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 22 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 93 |
| Number of milk cows | 258 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 49 |
| Number of other cattle | 97 |
| Number of other fowl | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 10 |
| Number of sheep | 22 |
| Number of swine | 73 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 80 |
| Number of turkeys | 18 |
| OAT AC | 42 |
| OAT BU | 1,086 |
| POT AC | 23 |
| POT BU | 1,688 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 5 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 88 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,879 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 845 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 7 |
| A 11 50 | 14 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 16 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,879 |
| CATTLE KS | 65 |
| CHEESE LB | 5 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 294 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 322 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 616 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 88 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 22 |
| DUCKS | 48 |
| FAMILIES | 166 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 20 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,747 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 93 |
| HOUSES | 155 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 35 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 111 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 55 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 20 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 41 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 9 |
| HOUSES W | 155 |
| INF 11 A | 10 |
| MD FEM | 141 |
| MD MALE | 142 |
| MD TOT | 283 |
| MILK COWS | 258 |
| NAME CD | St. John, County—Comté |
| OC F | 20 |
| OC P | 29 |
| OC TOT | 49 |
| OTHER FOWL | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 97 |
| OTHERS | 951 |
| SHEEP | 22 |
| SUP AM | 2,022 |
| SUP FOR | 1,510 |
| SUP JV | 8 |
| SUP PAT | 1,116 |
| SUP SC | 898 |
| SUP TOT | 3,533 |
| SWINE | 73 |
| SWINE KS | 80 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 157 |
| TUR AC | 11 |
| TUR BU | 934 |
| TURKEY | 18 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 34 |
| WID MALE | 19 |
| WID TOT | 53 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032015 — 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, Stanley ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-stanley-ward-quartier-nb021004-1891/.