St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,055. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.270°N, 66.056°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,055: 1,340 male and 1,715 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,253 |
| 1881 | 2,967 |
| 1891 | 3,055 |
| 1901 | 3,048 |
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, Dukis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,055 total population, 1,715 females, 1,340 males, 999 married persons, 630 families, 505 married females, 494 married males, 228 widowed persons, 181 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,828 single persons under 18, 1,029 single females under 18, 799 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,040 persons who are not French Canadian, 15 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 556 occupied houses, 555 houses, 407 houses built of wood, 361 houses of 2 stories, 286 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 167 houses of 3 stories, 145 houses built of brick, 85 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 73 houses of 5 rooms, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of more than 3 stories, 16 houses of over 15 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 1 story, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,222 acres of land in farms, 1,018 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 505 bushels of potatoes, 368 chickens, 305 bushels of oats, 204 acres of improved land in farms, 150 other fowl, 121 horses aged over 3 years, 120 bushels of turnips, 112 acres of farmland under crops, 87 tons of hay, 72 acres of farmland in pasture, 70 pounds of homemade butter, 57 acres of hay crops, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 milk cows, 12 acres of oats, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 farm occupants who own their land, 8 occupants of farms, 7 ducks, 7 other cattle, 6 geese, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of peas, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 22 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Honoria Conway | 1815–1892 | died here |
| James Bennet | 1817–1901 | died here |
| Joseph Wilson Lawrence | 1818–1892 | died here |
| Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 1818–1896 | died here |
| Thomas Wilder Daniel | 1818–1892 | died here |
| John Sweeny | 1821–1901 | died here |
| Thomas Rosenell Jones | 1825–1901 | died here |
| William Franklin Bunting | 1825–1897 | died here |
| Charles Henry Fairweather | 1826–1894 | died here |
| John Boyd | 1826–1893 | died here |
| William Wallace Turnbull | 1828–1899 | died here |
| Frances Elizabeth Murray | 1831–1901 | died here |
| George Adkin Hartley | 1831–1903 | died here |
| Martha Hamm Lewis | 1831–1892 | died here |
| John McMillan | 1833–1905 | died here |
| Edward Willis | 1835–1891 | died here |
| John Hegan Parks | 1836–1903 | died here |
| John Elisha Peck Hopper | 1841–1895 | died here |
| Isaac Allen Jack | 1843–1903 | died here |
| Loretta Leonard Shaw | 1872–1940 | born here |
| James Edmund Tighe | 1878–1937 | born here |
| James Leonard Sugrue | 1883–1930 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB021002— 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, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-dukis-ward-quartier-nb020003-1891/.