St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1911 census)
St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.279°N, 66.051°W.
Population
In 1911, St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,850: 2,354 male and 2,496 female residents. Population density was 20208.3 people per square mile.
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).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. John, C, 1921 (1.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
- Simonds
- St. John City, Kings ward-quartier
- St. John City, Queens ward-quartier
- St. John City, Victoria ward-quartier
- St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 20,208.33 population per square mile, 4,850 total population, 2,496 females in the population, 2,354 males in the population, 1,418 single (never-married) females, 1,415 single (never-married) males, 1,045 families, 861 married males, 851 married females, 226 widowed females, 152 area in acres, 75 widowed males, 2 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females, 1 legally separated males, 0.24 area in square miles. 4,760 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 2,160 persons of British origin (Irish), 1,500 persons of British origin (English), 711 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 90 persons of French origin, 16 persons of British origin (other), 13 persons of Dutch origin, 8 persons of German origin, 8 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of Chinese origin, 5 persons of Russian origin. 95 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,988 Roman Catholics, 923 Anglicans (Church of England), 724 Baptists, 565 Methodists, 477 Presbyterians, 239 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 94 Jews, 22 Salvation Army adherents, 18 Congregationalists, 12 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 10 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 3 Brethren, 3 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 547 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB032013— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-prince-ward-quartier-nb032013-1911/.