St. David, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. David was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,864. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365890. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.290°N, 67.198°W.
Population
In 1881, St. David had a population of 1,864: 939 male and 925 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,864 |
| 1891 | 1,554 |
| 1901 | 1,419 |
| 1911 | 1,181 |
| 1921 | 1,072 |
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 Saint David, 1871 (93.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. David shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,864 total population, 939 males, 925 females, 560 married persons, 313 families, 282 married females, 278 married males, 70 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,234 single persons under 18, 637 single males under 18, 597 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 310 inhabited houses, 310 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 34,856 bushels of potatoes, 14,559 bushels of oats, 9,732 bushels of turnips, 5,835 bushels of spring wheat, 4,307 acres of hay crops, 4,018 tons of hay, 3,822 bushels of buckwheat, 2,662 bushels of other root crops, 563 bushels of barley, 501 bushels of peas and beans, 367 acres of wheat, 274 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 114 barrels of herring or alewives, 96 barrels of mackerel, 40 fathoms of fishing nets, 9 men on fishing boats, 5 fishing boats, 3 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,864 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:
NB026009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365890
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-David
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. David, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-david-nb026009-1881/.