Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Charlotte
St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse was a parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,412. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.288°N, 66.850°W.
Population
In 1881, St. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse had a population of 3,412: 1,773 male and 1,639 female residents. Population density was 15.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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. George, 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 | 605 |
| Number of families | 605 |
| Number of females | 1,639 |
| Number of males | 1,773 |
| Number of married females | 518 |
| Number of married males | 528 |
| Number of married persons | 1,046 |
| Number of widowed females | 107 |
| Number of widowed males | 69 |
| Number of widowed persons | 176 |
| POP TOT | 3,412 |
| Total population | 3,412 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,014 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,176 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,190 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 11 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 579 |
| Number of occupied houses | 580 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 4,139 |
| Acres of potatoes | 343 |
| Acres of wheat | 209 |
| BAR BU | 844 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 844 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 4,312 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,767 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 481 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 281 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 36,177 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,465 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,422 |
| BWT BU | 4,312 |
| CRN BU | 16 |
| HAY AC | 4,139 |
| HAY TONS | 3,741 |
| OAT BU | 7,767 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 281 |
| POT AC | 343 |
| POT BU | 36,177 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,741 |
| WHT AC | 209 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,465 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 20,851 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1,001 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 200 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 16,907 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,867 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 12,736 |
| Number of fishing boats | 143 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 25 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 171 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 113 |
| Number of shoremen | 37 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,230 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 14 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 5,834 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 20,851 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 171 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 143 |
| C UNMD F | 1,014 |
| C UNMD M | 1,176 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,190 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 2,230 |
| D OCC | 580 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 14 |
| FEMALE | 1,639 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 12,736 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H CON | 11 |
| H INHAB | 579 |
| H UNINH | 19 |
| HAD DX K | 5,834 |
| MALE | 1,773 |
| MCK XB Q | 1,001 |
| MD F | 518 |
| MD M | 528 |
| MD TOT | 1,046 |
| NET XX F | 7,867 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 200 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 481 |
| SAR XB Q | 16,907 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 37 |
| TUR BU | 4,422 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 113 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 25 |
| WID F | 107 |
| WID M | 69 |
| WID TOT | 176 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB026004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB015012 — 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. George, Town & Parish — Ville et Paroisse, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-george-town-parish-ville-et-paroisse-nb026004-1881/.