St. George, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. George was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,412. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365892. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.288°N, 66.850°W.
Population
In 1881, St. George had a population of 3,412: 1,773 male and 1,639 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,314 |
| 1881 | 3,412 |
| 1891 | 2,757 |
| 1901 | 2,892 |
| 1911 | 1,839 |
| 1921 | 1,549 |
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. George shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,412 total population, 1,773 males, 1,639 females, 1,046 married persons, 605 families, 528 married males, 518 married females, 176 widowed persons, 107 widowed females, 69 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,190 single persons under 18, 1,176 single males under 18, 1,014 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 580 occupied houses, 579 inhabited houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,177 bushels of potatoes, 7,767 bushels of oats, 4,422 bushels of turnips, 4,312 bushels of buckwheat, 4,139 acres of hay crops, 3,741 tons of hay, 2,465 bushels of spring wheat, 844 bushels of barley, 481 bushels of other root crops, 343 acres of potatoes, 281 bushels of peas and beans, 209 acres of wheat, 16 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 20,851 barrels of herring or alewives, 12,736 gallons of fish oil, 7,867 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,834 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,230 quintals of cod, 1,001 barrels of mackerel, 200 barrels of other fish, 171 men on fishing boats, 143 fishing boats, 113 men on fishing vessels, 37 shoremen, 25 fishing vessels, 14 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 16,907 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,412 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:
NB026004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365892
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-George
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. George, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-george-nb026004-1881/.