St. Jacques, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Jacques was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 874. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365899. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.560°N, 68.343°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jacques had a population of 874: 455 male and 419 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 766 |
| 1891 | 874 |
| 1901 | 1,073 |
| 1911 | 1,372 |
| 1921 | 1,625 |
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 St. Jacques, 1881 (78.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Jacques shared boundaries with:
- Cabano, Packington, & unorg. ter.—Ter. non-org.
- Eldon & Restigouche River
- Madawaska
- NO DATA
- NO DATA
- St. Hilaire
- Ste. Rose du Dégelé
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 874 total population, 455 males, 419 females, 291 married persons, 147 families, 147 married females, 144 married males, 30 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 553 single persons under 18, 298 single males under 18, 255 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 794 French Canadians, 80 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 126 occupied houses, 123 houses, 123 houses built of wood, 121 houses of 1 story, 44 houses of 2 rooms, 29 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,763 acres of land in farms, 19,269 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,385 pounds of homemade butter, 12,326 bushels of potatoes, 10,185 bushels of buckwheat, 9,723 bushels of oats, 6,494 acres of improved land in farms, 4,568 acres of farmland under crops, 3,232 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,956 acres of hay crops, 1,924 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,373 tons of hay, 921 chickens, 776 sheep, 706 acres of oats, 487 bushels of peas, 373 sheep slaughtered or sold, 355 bushels of turnips, 268 bushels of barley, 250 milk cows, 239 swine slaughtered or sold, 229 swine, 188 other cattle, 173 horses aged over 3 years, 138 occupants of farms, 136 farm occupants who own their land, 106 cattle killed or sold, 82 oxen, 81 bushels of spring wheat, 69 acres of potatoes, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 50 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 geese, 23 acres of barley, 21 bushels of rye, 9 acres of wheat, 9 other fowl, 7 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB023012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB028010_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365899
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jacques_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Jacques_(Nouveau-Brunswick)
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. Jacques, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-jacques-nb023012-1891/.