Simonds, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Simonds was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,724. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7520238. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.309°N, 65.859°W.
Population
In 1881, Simonds had a population of 3,724: 1,939 male and 1,785 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,564 |
| 1881 | 3,724 |
| 1891 | 3,066 |
| 1901 | 3,072 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 4,054 |
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, Simonds shared boundaries with:
- Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 4
- Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 5
- Rothesay
- Saint Martin's
- St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier
- Upham
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,724 total population, 1,939 males, 1,785 females, 1,041 married persons, 613 families, 522 married females, 519 married males, 217 widowed persons, 121 widowed females, 96 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,466 single persons under 18, 1,324 single males under 18, 1,142 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 606 occupied houses, 604 inhabited houses, 75 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 53,465 bushels of potatoes, 20,595 bushels of oats, 11,530 bushels of turnips, 5,618 tons of hay, 5,510 bushels of other root crops, 4,125 acres of hay crops, 2,517 bushels of buckwheat, 485 acres of potatoes, 400 bushels of spring wheat, 101 bushels of peas and beans, 58 bushels of barley, 50 bushels of rye, 34 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,140 fathoms of fishing nets, 522 barrels of herring or alewives, 22 barrels of gaspareaux, 21 men on fishing boats, 19 barrels of mackerel, 16 fishing boats, 7 quintals of cod, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 15 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,724 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:
NB025008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7520238
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonds_Parish,_Saint_John_County,_New_Brunswick
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). "Simonds, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/simonds-nb025008-1881/.