St. Francis, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Francis was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,600. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.288°N, 68.796°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Francis had a population of 1,600: 839 male and 761 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,752 |
| 1881 | 1,600 |
| 1891 | 2,040 |
| 1901 | 2,577 |
| 1911 | 1,200 |
| 1921 | 1,269 |
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. Francis 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 1,600 total population, 839 males, 761 females, 450 married persons, 265 families, 225 married females, 225 married males, 38 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,112 single persons under 18, 598 single males under 18, 514 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 218 inhabited houses, 218 occupied houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 13 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,987 bushels of potatoes, 7,405 bushels of oats, 6,873 bushels of buckwheat, 2,074 bushels of spring wheat, 1,412 bushels of peas and beans, 1,267 tons of hay, 1,233 acres of hay crops, 501 bushels of turnips, 396 bushels of rye, 317 bushels of barley, 261 acres of potatoes, 256 acres of wheat, 133 bushels of other root crops, 39 bushels of corn, 36 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,600 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:
NB032001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB028008— 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. Francis, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-francis-nb032001-1881/.