St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse was a parish in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,757. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365892. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.288°N, 66.850°W.
Population
In 1891, St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse had a population of 2,757: 1,460 male and 1,297 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,757 |
| 1901 | 2,892 |
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. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,757 total population, 1,460 males, 1,297 females, 865 married persons, 555 families, 433 married females, 432 married males, 153 widowed persons, 91 widowed females, 62 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,739 single persons under 18, 966 single males under 18, 773 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,757 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 542 occupied houses, 539 houses, 539 houses built of wood, 482 houses of 1 story, 295 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 85 houses of 5 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses of 2 stories, 40 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 8 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 76,678 pounds of homemade butter, 31,220 acres of land in farms, 21,205 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,535 bushels of potatoes, 10,015 acres of improved land in farms, 5,654 acres of farmland under crops, 5,173 bushels of oats, 5,002 bushels of turnips, 4,621 chickens, 4,262 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,594 acres of hay crops, 3,248 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,868 tons of hay, 1,298 bushels of buckwheat, 939 sheep, 826 milk cows, 563 bushels of barley, 541 other cattle, 475 cattle killed or sold, 455 sheep slaughtered or sold, 446 occupants of farms, 400 farm occupants who own their land, 335 swine slaughtered or sold, 312 acres of oats, 235 swine, 216 horses aged over 3 years, 196 acres of potatoes, 161 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 112 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 100 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 turkeys, 75 geese, 72 bushels of peas, 59 ducks, 53 bushels of beans, 50 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 45 farm occupants who rent their land, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 oxen, 33 acres of barley, 27 acres of turnips, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 bushels of spring wheat, 4 other fowl, 3 bushels of winter wheat, 2 acres of wheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB013012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB015012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365892
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-George
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. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-george-town-parish-ville-et-paroisse-nb013012-1891/.