St. Louis, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Louis was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,135. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.690°N, 65.078°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Louis had a population of 2,135: 1,043 male and 1,092 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,983 |
| 1881 | 2,135 |
| 1891 | 2,120 |
| 1901 | 2,278 |
| 1911 | 1,780 |
| 1921 | 1,862 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Louis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,135 total population, 1,092 females, 1,043 males, 611 married persons, 341 families, 307 married females, 304 married males, 82 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 38 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,442 single persons under 18, 741 single females under 18, 701 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 330 occupied houses, 329 inhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 127,296 bushels of potatoes, 37,360 bushels of oats, 4,253 bushels of spring wheat, 4,190 bushels of turnips, 4,063 bushels of buckwheat, 3,322 acres of hay crops, 2,177 tons of hay, 988 bushels of barley, 896 acres of potatoes, 490 acres of wheat, 249 bushels of corn, 183 bushels of other root crops, 173 bushels of peas and beans, 168 bushels of rye, 151 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,918 fathoms of fishing nets, 529 barrels of mackerel, 359 barrels of gaspareaux, 314 barrels of other fish, 245 quintals of cod, 130 gallons of fish oil, 98 men on fishing boats, 77 fishing boats, 70 barrels of eels, 66 barrels of herring or alewives, 14 men on fishing vessels, 7 barrels of halibut, 5 fishing vessels, 2 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 43,000 pounds of lobster canned, 89 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,135 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:
NB034003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026007_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365903
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Louis_Parish
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Louis
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. Louis, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-louis-nb034003-1881/.