St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,348. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.279°N, 66.051°W.
Population
In 1891, St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,348: 2,062 male and 2,286 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,976 |
| 1881 | 5,132 |
| 1891 | 4,348 |
| 1901 | 4,760 |
| 1911 | 4,850 |
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, Prince, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Portland, Victoria, Ward—Quartier
- Simonds
- St. John City, Kings ward-quartier
- St. John City, Queens ward-quartier
- St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,348 total population, 2,286 females, 2,062 males, 1,425 married persons, 929 families, 719 married males, 706 married females, 271 widowed persons, 204 widowed females, 67 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,652 single persons under 18, 1,376 single females under 18, 1,276 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,337 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 626 houses, 626 occupied houses, 595 houses built of wood, 445 houses of 2 stories, 308 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 129 houses of 3 stories, 126 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of over 15 rooms, 36 houses of 1 story, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses built of brick, 16 houses of more than 3 stories, 14 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 907 acres of land in farms, 884 chickens, 540 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 532 bushels of oats, 420 pounds of homemade butter, 367 acres of improved land in farms, 340 bushels of potatoes, 275 tons of hay, 250 bushels of buckwheat, 230 acres of hay crops, 226 acres of farmland under crops, 192 horses aged over 3 years, 140 acres of farmland in pasture, 90 bushels of turnips, 52 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 43 swine, 37 milk cows, 35 other fowl, 26 ducks, 22 acres of oats, 20 geese, 14 bushels of spring wheat, 13 sheep, 12 swine slaughtered or sold, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 farm occupants who own their land, 8 occupants of farms, 5 oxen, 4 acres of potatoes, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of turnips, 1 acres of wheat, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 other cattle, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB020006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032013— 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, Prince, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-prince-ward-quartier-nb020006-1891/.