St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,478. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.279°N, 66.057°W.
Population
In 1881, St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier had a population of 4,478: 2,002 male and 2,476 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,008 |
| 1881 | 4,478 |
| 1891 | 3,806 |
| 1901 | 4,450 |
| 1911 | 4,567 |
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, Wellington, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,478 total population, 2,476 females, 2,002 males, 1,339 married persons, 866 families, 679 married females, 660 married males, 265 widowed persons, 227 widowed females, 38 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,874 single persons under 18, 1,570 single females under 18, 1,304 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 597 inhabited houses, 597 occupied houses, 39 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,333 barrels of herring or alewives, 2,000 fathoms of fishing nets, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,478 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:
NB024002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032018— 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, Wellington, Ward—Quartier, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-john-wellington-ward-quartier-nb024002-1881/.