St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1901 census)
St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,048. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.270°N, 66.056°W.
Population
In 1901, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 3,048: 1,396 male and 1,652 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 1901
In the 1901 census, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,048 total population, 1,652 females, 1,396 males, 971 single females, 836 single males, 660 families, 535 married females, 523 married males, 145 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 1 divorced females, 1 divorced males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 565 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 118 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 12 people connected to this place who were alive in 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Bennet | 1817–1901 | died here |
| John Sweeny | 1821–1901 | died here |
| Thomas Rosenell Jones | 1825–1901 | died here |
| Frances Elizabeth Murray | 1831–1901 | died here |
| George Adkin Hartley | 1831–1903 | died here |
| John McMillan | 1833–1905 | died here |
| John Hegan Parks | 1836–1903 | 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 |
| Charles Gorman | 1897–1940 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021002— 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-dukis-ward-quartier-nb021002-1901/.