St. Léonard, New Brunswick (1881–1921)

St. Léonard was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in 5 censuses between 1881 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q7400719, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years. Population declined across the period (from 2,190 in 1881 to 1,172 in 1921).

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary lineage

Predecessors

• split off from St. André in 1911
• split off from St. Léonard, T-V in 1921

Successors

• later split into Saint Leonard’s in 1881

Identifiers

• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB028011 — assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap
• Wikidata: Q7400719
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9onard_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-L%C3%A9onard

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.