St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse was a parish in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,778. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365886. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.118°N, 67.065°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse had a population of 1,778: 903 male and 875 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,778 |
| 1901 | 1,390 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,778 total population, 903 males, 875 females, 535 married persons, 387 families, 268 married females, 267 married males, 129 widowed persons, 78 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,114 single persons under 18, 585 single males under 18, 529 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,778 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 366 occupied houses, 361 houses, 349 houses built of wood, 255 houses of 1 story, 220 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 98 houses of 2 stories, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses built of brick, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 3 stories, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,710 bushels of turnips, 19,365 pounds of homemade butter, 6,275 bushels of potatoes, 4,089 acres of land in farms, 3,153 acres of improved land in farms, 2,738 bushels of oats, 1,878 chickens, 1,800 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,338 acres of farmland under crops, 936 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 886 tons of hay, 885 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 880 acres of hay crops, 568 bushels of barley, 566 bushels of buckwheat, 282 milk cows, 195 sheep, 184 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 168 horses aged over 3 years, 137 acres of oats, 116 geese, 111 other cattle, 111 swine slaughtered or sold, 108 swine, 103 occupants of farms, 75 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 74 acres of turnips, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 61 acres of potatoes, 55 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 sheep slaughtered or sold, 45 cattle killed or sold, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 acres of barley, 25 ducks, 25 turkeys, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 20 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 15 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 bushels of beans, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of peas, 1 employees on farms, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB013009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB015009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365886
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrews_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Andrews
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 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. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-andrews-town-parish-ville-et-paroisse-nb013009-1891/.