Saint David, New Brunswick (1871 census)
Saint David was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,880. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365890. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.283°N, 67.199°W.
Population
In 1871, Saint David had a population of 1,880: 955 male and 925 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dufferin, 1881 (6.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. David, 1881 (93.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Saint David shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,880 total population, 955 males, 925 females, 581 married persons, 308 families, 293 married females, 288 married males, 68 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,231 single persons under 18, 645 single males under 18, 586 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 308 inhabited houses, 308 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 49,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB175008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB175008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365890
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-David
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1871 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). "Saint David, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/saint-david-nb175008-1871/.