St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,484. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.266°N, 66.054°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Sydney, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,484: 1,185 male and 1,299 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,265 |
| 1881 | 2,484 |
| 1891 | 2,240 |
| 1901 | 2,286 |
| 1911 | 2,414 |
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, Sydney, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 25 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,484 total population, 1,299 females, 1,185 males, 780 married persons, 483 families, 390 married females, 390 married males, 160 widowed persons, 127 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,544 single persons under 18, 782 single females under 18, 762 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 291 inhabited houses, 291 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20 bushels of potatoes, 15 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 330 fathoms of fishing nets, 100 barrels of herring or alewives, 50 barrels of gaspareaux, 1 fishing boats, 1 men on fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 6 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,484 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:
NB024006— 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 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, Sydney, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-sydney-ward-quartier-nb024006-1881/.