Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
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 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 density was 134.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1881 | 2,128 |
| 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 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.60 |
| FAM NO | 387 |
| Number of families | 387 |
| Number of females | 875 |
| Number of males | 903 |
| Number of married females | 268 |
| Number of married males | 267 |
| Number of married persons | 535 |
| Number of widowed females | 78 |
| Number of widowed males | 51 |
| Number of widowed persons | 129 |
| POP F | 875 |
| POP M | 903 |
| POP TOT | 1,778 |
| Total population | 1,778 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 529 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 585 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,114 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,778 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 5 |
| Number of houses | 361 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 11 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 349 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 255 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 98 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 38 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 220 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of occupied houses | 366 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 26 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 26 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 15 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,800 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 936 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,338 |
| Acres of hay crops | 880 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,153 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,089 |
| Acres of oats | 137 |
| Acres of potatoes | 61 |
| Acres of turnips | 74 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR AC | 26 |
| BAR BU | 568 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 568 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 566 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,738 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,275 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 28,710 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 20 |
| BWT BU | 566 |
| HAY AC | 880 |
| HAY TONS | 886 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 45 |
| Number of chickens | 1,878 |
| Number of ducks | 25 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 71 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 31 |
| Number of geese | 116 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 22 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 168 |
| Number of milk cows | 282 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 103 |
| Number of other cattle | 111 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of oxen | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 55 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 20 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 22 |
| Number of sheep | 195 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 50 |
| Number of swine | 108 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 111 |
| Number of turkeys | 25 |
| OAT AC | 137 |
| OAT BU | 2,738 |
| PEA BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 61 |
| POT BU | 6,275 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 75 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 184 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 885 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 19,365 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 886 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT FALL BU | 20 |
Other recorded variables (69 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 55 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 20 |
| BEN BU | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 19,365 |
| CATTLE KS | 45 |
| CHEESE LB | 75 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 529 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 585 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,114 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 184 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 22 |
| DUCKS | 25 |
| FAMILIES | 387 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.60 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 885 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 116 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,878 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 168 |
| HOUSES | 361 |
| HOUSES B | 11 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 25 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 38 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 46 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 255 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 220 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 19 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 98 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 26 |
| HOUSES W | 349 |
| INF 11 A | 22 |
| MD FEM | 268 |
| MD MALE | 267 |
| MD TOT | 535 |
| MILK COWS | 282 |
| NAME CD | Charlotte |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 31 |
| OC P | 71 |
| OC TOT | 103 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 111 |
| OTHERS | 1,778 |
| SHEEP | 195 |
| SHEEP KS | 50 |
| SUP AM | 3,153 |
| SUP FOR | 936 |
| SUP JV | 15 |
| SUP PAT | 1,800 |
| SUP SC | 1,338 |
| SUP TOT | 4,089 |
| SWINE | 108 |
| SWINE KS | 111 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 366 |
| TUR AC | 74 |
| TUR BU | 28,710 |
| TURKEY | 25 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 5 |
| WID FEM | 78 |
| WID MALE | 51 |
| WID TOT | 129 |
| WORKING OX | 6 |
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: 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 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/.