Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.287°N, 66.054°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier had a population of 3,338: 1,582 male and 1,756 female residents. Population density was 3864.1 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, Victoria ward-quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 118 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 628 |
| Number of families | 628 |
| Number of females | 1,756 |
| Number of males | 1,582 |
| Number of married females | 547 |
| Number of married males | 545 |
| Number of married persons | 1,092 |
| Number of widowed females | 101 |
| Number of widowed males | 26 |
| Number of widowed persons | 127 |
| POP F | 1,756 |
| POP M | 1,582 |
| POP TOT | 3,338 |
| Total population | 3,338 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,108 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,011 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,119 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 3,337 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 531 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 6 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 2 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 523 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 20 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 72 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 433 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 47 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 78 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 61 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 56 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 261 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 26 |
| Number of occupied houses | 531 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 22 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 398 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 128 |
| Acres of hay crops | 98 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 152 |
| Acres of land in farms | 549 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 15 |
| HAY AC | 98 |
| HAY TONS | 136 |
| Number of chickens | 824 |
| Number of ducks | 19 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 14 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 10 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 97 |
| Number of milk cows | 37 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 17 |
| Number of other cattle | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 13 |
| POT BU | 15 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 200 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 136 |
Other recorded variables (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 200 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,108 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,011 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,119 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 5 |
| DUCKS | 19 |
| FAMILIES | 628 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 10 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 824 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 97 |
| HOUSES | 531 |
| HOUSES B | 6 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 72 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 56 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 61 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 20 |
| HOUSES S | 2 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 261 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 26 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 47 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 78 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 7 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 433 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 523 |
| INF 11 A | 13 |
| MD FEM | 547 |
| MD MALE | 545 |
| MD TOT | 1,092 |
| MILK COWS | 37 |
| NAME CD | St. John, County—Comté |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 14 |
| OC TOT | 17 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 1 |
| OTHERS | 3,337 |
| SUP AM | 152 |
| SUP FOR | 398 |
| SUP JV | 2 |
| SUP PAT | 22 |
| SUP SC | 128 |
| SUP TOT | 549 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 531 |
| WID FEM | 101 |
| WID MALE | 26 |
| WID TOT | 127 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032017 — 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, Victoria ward-quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-city-victoria-ward-quartier-nb021005-1891/.