St. Hilaire, New Brunswick (1891 census)

St. Hilaire was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 992. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365895. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.342°N, 68.503°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Hilaire had a population of 992: 546 male and 446 female residents.

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 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Hilaire shared boundaries with:

• Cabano, Packington, & unorg. ter.—Ter. non-org.
• Madawaska
• St. Francis
• St. Jacques

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 992 total population, 546 males, 446 females, 307 married persons, 159 families, 156 married females, 151 married males, 28 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 657 single persons under 18, 382 single males under 18, 275 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 950 French Canadians, 42 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 135 occupied houses, 132 houses, 132 houses built of wood, 130 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 1 room, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 2 stories, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,923 acres of land in farms, 17,844 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,995 bushels of oats, 14,301 bushels of potatoes, 14,098 pounds of homemade butter, 10,648 bushels of buckwheat, 8,079 acres of improved land in farms, 5,827 acres of farmland under crops, 3,776 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,247 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,091 acres of hay crops, 1,444 tons of hay, 1,348 acres of oats, 1,182 sheep, 1,128 chickens, 988 bushels of peas, 336 bushels of barley, 310 bushels of turnips, 284 milk cows, 284 swine, 280 sheep slaughtered or sold, 233 other cattle, 184 horses aged over 3 years, 167 bushels of spring wheat, 158 swine slaughtered or sold, 150 acres of potatoes, 144 oxen, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 138 occupants of farms, 109 geese, 103 cattle killed or sold, 69 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of barley, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 26 acres of wheat, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 turkeys, 10 ducks, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB023011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB028009_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365895
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hilaire_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Hilaire

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. Hilaire, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-hilaire-nb023011-1891/.