St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse was a parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.118°N, 67.065°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse had a population of 2,128: 1,047 male and 1,081 female residents. Population density was 161.2 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).
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, 1871 (28.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 94 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 432 |
| Number of families | 432 |
| Number of females | 1,081 |
| Number of males | 1,047 |
| Number of married females | 317 |
| Number of married males | 315 |
| Number of married persons | 632 |
| Number of widowed females | 98 |
| Number of widowed males | 49 |
| Number of widowed persons | 147 |
| POP TOT | 2,128 |
| Total population | 2,128 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 666 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 683 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,349 |
Buildings & housing (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 393 |
| Number of occupied houses | 396 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 26 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 873 |
| Acres of potatoes | 121 |
| Acres of wheat | 116 |
| BAR BU | 414 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 414 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,102 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,616 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,445 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 139 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 17,232 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,984 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 27,012 |
| BWT BU | 1,102 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 873 |
| HAY TONS | 992 |
| OAT BU | 5,616 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 139 |
| POT AC | 121 |
| POT BU | 17,232 |
| RYE BU | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 992 |
| WHT AC | 116 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,984 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,752 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 899 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 396 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 184 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 360 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 761 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 6 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 19 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 14 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 40 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,752 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 19 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 666 |
| C UNMD M | 683 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,349 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| D OCC | 396 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 1,081 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 761 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 393 |
| H UNINH | 26 |
| HAD DX K | 4 |
| LOB XC P | 40 |
| MALE | 1,047 |
| MCK XB Q | 899 |
| MD F | 317 |
| MD M | 315 |
| MD TOT | 632 |
| NET XX F | 360 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 396 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,445 |
| SAR XB Q | 184 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| TUR BU | 27,012 |
| VESS | 1 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 14 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 6 |
| WID F | 98 |
| WID M | 49 |
| WID TOT | 147 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB026007— 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 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. Andrews, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-andrews-town-parish-ville-et-paroisse-nb026007-1881/.