St. Bazile, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Bazile was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,350. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.486°N, 68.044°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Bazile had a population of 1,350: 681 male and 669 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,669 |
| 1881 | 1,350 |
| 1891 | 1,557 |
| 1901 | 1,608 |
| 1911 | 2,287 |
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, St. Bazile shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,350 total population, 681 males, 669 females, 393 married persons, 200 families, 197 married females, 196 married males, 33 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 924 single persons under 18, 469 single males under 18, 455 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 179 inhabited houses, 179 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,956 bushels of potatoes, 10,431 bushels of oats, 9,898 bushels of buckwheat, 2,128 acres of hay crops, 1,673 bushels of spring wheat, 1,515 tons of hay, 1,195 bushels of peas and beans, 845 bushels of turnips, 333 acres of potatoes, 254 acres of wheat, 228 bushels of rye, 223 bushels of barley, 80 bushels of other root crops, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François-Xavier Babineau | 1825–1890 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,350 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:
NB032005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB034013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365891
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Basile_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Basile
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. Bazile, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-bazile-nb032005-1881/.