St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)

St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,240. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.266°N, 66.054°W.

Population

In 1891, St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,240: 1,044 male and 1,196 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Sydney, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:

• St. John, Dukis, Ward—Quartier

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,240 total population, 1,196 females, 1,044 males, 738 married persons, 478 families, 376 married females, 362 married males, 155 widowed persons, 114 widowed females, 41 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,347 single persons under 18, 706 single females under 18, 641 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,235 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 305 occupied houses, 304 houses, 291 houses built of wood, 167 houses of 2 stories, 154 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 70 houses of 3 stories, 65 houses of 1 story, 54 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of over 15 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 409 chickens, 320 bushels of potatoes, 290 acres of land in farms, 185 acres of improved land in farms, 180 bushels of oats, 135 acres of farmland in pasture, 105 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 59 horses aged over 3 years, 50 pounds of homemade butter, 48 acres of farmland under crops, 20 bushels of peas, 19 tons of hay, 16 bushels of beans, 16 bushels of turnips, 14 geese, 13 ducks, 13 milk cows, 12 acres of hay crops, 10 bushels of buckwheat, 9 cattle killed or sold, 5 acres of oats, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 acres of potatoes, 4 turkeys, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 occupants of farms, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB020008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB032016 — 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, Sydney, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-sydney-ward-quartier-nb020008-1891/.