St. John, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,978. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.262°N, 66.075°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,978: 987 male and 991 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,982 |
| 1881 | 1,978 |
| 1891 | 1,838 |
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, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,978 total population, 991 females, 987 males, 698 married persons, 428 families, 351 married males, 347 married females, 80 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,200 single persons under 18, 627 single males under 18, 573 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 277 inhabited houses, 277 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7 tons of hay, 4 acres of hay crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 13,865 barrels of herring or alewives, 11,430 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,360 barrels of gaspareaux, 119 barrels of salmon, 88 men on fishing boats, 55 barrels of eels, 54 fishing boats, 50 quintals of cod, 16 men on fishing vessels, 12 quintals of fascines fish, 5 fishing vessels, 4 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 171 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,978 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:
NB024009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB020004— 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, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-guy-s-ward-quartier-nb024009-1881/.