Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: St. John (County)
Saint Martin's, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Saint Martin's was a township in St. John (County) County, New Brunswick (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,558. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.455°N, 65.439°W.
Population
In 1881, Saint Martin's had a population of 2,558: 1,327 male and 1,231 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 2,410 |
| 1881 | 2,558 |
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, Saint Martin's shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 488 |
| Number of families | 488 |
| Number of females | 1,231 |
| Number of males | 1,327 |
| Number of married females | 406 |
| Number of married males | 405 |
| Number of married persons | 811 |
| Number of widowed females | 71 |
| Number of widowed males | 37 |
| Number of widowed persons | 108 |
| POP TOT | 2,558 |
| Total population | 2,558 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 754 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 885 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,639 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 14 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 463 |
| Number of occupied houses | 464 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 40 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,452 |
| Acres of potatoes | 351 |
| Acres of wheat | 21 |
| BAR BU | 22 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 5,405 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,115 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 521 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 37,916 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 249 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,680 |
| BWT BU | 5,405 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 2,452 |
| HAY TONS | 2,790 |
| OAT BU | 13,115 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 53 |
| POT AC | 351 |
| POT BU | 37,916 |
| RYE BU | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,790 |
| WHT AC | 21 |
| WHT SP BU | 249 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 119 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 474 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 30 |
| Number of fishing boats | 7 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 13 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 25 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 57 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 119 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 13 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 7 |
| C UNMD F | 754 |
| C UNMD M | 885 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,639 |
| CD NAME | St. John (County) |
| COD DX K | 25 |
| D OCC | 464 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 1,231 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 30 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| GSP XB Q | 2 |
| H CON | 14 |
| H INHAB | 463 |
| H UNINH | 40 |
| HAD DX K | 57 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 1,327 |
| MCK XB Q | 3 |
| MD F | 406 |
| MD M | 405 |
| MD TOT | 811 |
| NET XX F | 474 |
| NUMBER CD | 25 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 521 |
| TUR BU | 2,680 |
| VESS | 1 |
| WID F | 71 |
| WID M | 37 |
| WID TOT | 108 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB025009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025009_1871 — 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). "Saint Martin's, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/saint-martin-s-nb025009-1881/.