St. Jacques, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Jacques was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 766. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365899. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.575°N, 68.304°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jacques had a population of 766: 406 male and 360 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 Madawaska, 1871 (77.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jacques, 1891 (78.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Jacques shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 766 total population, 406 males, 360 females, 222 married persons, 121 families, 111 married females, 111 married males, 26 widowed persons, 17 widowed males, 9 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 518 single persons under 18, 278 single males under 18, 240 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 104 inhabited houses, 104 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,010 bushels of potatoes, 5,825 bushels of buckwheat, 3,594 bushels of oats, 1,757 bushels of turnips, 1,191 bushels of spring wheat, 984 acres of hay crops, 678 tons of hay, 531 bushels of barley, 370 bushels of peas and beans, 313 bushels of rye, 152 acres of wheat, 93 acres of potatoes, 24 bushels of other root crops, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 766 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB032004— 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 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. Jacques, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-jacques-nb032004-1881/.