St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,967. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.270°N, 66.056°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,967: 1,388 male and 1,579 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 1881
In the 1881 census, St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,967 total population, 1,579 females, 1,388 males, 989 married persons, 608 families, 496 married males, 493 married females, 179 widowed persons, 137 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,799 single persons under 18, 949 single females under 18, 850 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 397 inhabited houses, 397 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 150 bushels of potatoes, 105 tons of hay, 100 bushels of oats, 51 acres of hay crops, 20 bushels of turnips, 5 bushels of other root crops, 3 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 758 fathoms of fishing nets, 88 barrels of gaspareaux, 30 barrels of herring or alewives, 5 barrels of salmon, 5 quintals of cod, 3 fishing boats, 3 men on fishing boats, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 23 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 28 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Valentine Troop | 1809–1881 | died here |
| Robert J. Patterson | 1809–1884 | died here |
| Alexander Mcleod Seely | 1812–1882 | died here |
| Honoria Conway | 1815–1892 | died here |
| John Waterbury Cudlip | 1815–1885 | died here |
| John McMillan | 1816–1886 | 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 |
| Sylvester Zobieski Earle | 1822–1888 | died here |
| William Elder | 1822–1883 | 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 |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,967 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:
NB024005— 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 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, Dukis, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-dukis-ward-quartier-nb024005-1881/.