St. Jacques, New Brunswick (1921 census)
St. Jacques was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365899. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.560°N, 68.343°W.
Population
In 1921, St. Jacques had a population of 1,625: 863 male and 762 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921
In the 1921 census, St. Jacques shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1921
The 1921 census recorded 14 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,625 total population, 863 males in the population, 844 males born in Canada, 762 females in the population, 743 females born in Canada, 19 females born outside the British Empire, 19 males born outside the British Empire. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)
Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 1,606 persons of French origin, 10 persons of British origin (English), 5 persons of British origin (Irish), 4 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)
Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,617 Roman Catholics, 6 Anglicans (Church of England), 2 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB028010— 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 1921 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 (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-jacques-nb028010-1921/.