St. Andrew's, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Andrew's, Town—Ville was a town in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,128. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q957700. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.118°N, 67.065°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Andrew's, Town—Ville had a population of 2,128: 1,047 male and 1,081 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,961 |
| 1881 | 2,128 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 St. Andrew's, Town—Ville, 1871 (28.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Andrew's, Town—Ville 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 2,128 total population, 1,081 females, 1,047 males, 632 married persons, 432 families, 317 married females, 315 married males, 147 widowed persons, 98 widowed females, 49 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,349 single persons under 18, 683 single males under 18, 666 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 396 occupied houses, 393 inhabited houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 27,012 bushels of turnips, 17,232 bushels of potatoes, 5,616 bushels of oats, 1,984 bushels of spring wheat, 1,445 bushels of other root crops, 1,102 bushels of buckwheat, 992 tons of hay, 873 acres of hay crops, 414 bushels of barley, 139 bushels of peas and beans, 121 acres of potatoes, 116 acres of wheat, 4 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,752 barrels of herring or alewives, 899 barrels of mackerel, 761 gallons of fish oil, 396 barrels of other fish, 360 fathoms of fishing nets, 19 men on fishing boats, 14 fishing boats, 14 men on fishing vessels, 6 fishing vessels, 4 quintals of fascines fish, 4 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 184 barrels of sardines, 40 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,128 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:
NB026007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q957700
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrews,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andrews_(Nouveau-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). "St. Andrew's, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-andrew-s-town-ville-nb026007-1881/.