Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Kent
St. Louis, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Louis was a census subdivision in Kent County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,135. 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 density was 12.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 100 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 341 |
| Number of families | 341 |
| Number of females | 1,092 |
| Number of males | 1,043 |
| Number of married females | 307 |
| Number of married males | 304 |
| Number of married persons | 611 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 38 |
| Number of widowed persons | 82 |
| POP TOT | 2,135 |
| Total population | 2,135 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 741 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 701 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,442 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 329 |
| Number of occupied houses | 330 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,322 |
| Acres of potatoes | 896 |
| Acres of wheat | 490 |
| BAR BU | 988 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 988 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 4,063 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 151 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 249 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 37,360 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 183 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 173 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 127,296 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 168 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,253 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,190 |
| BWT BU | 4,063 |
| CRN BU | 249 |
| HAY AC | 3,322 |
| HAY TONS | 2,177 |
| OAT BU | 37,360 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 173 |
| POT AC | 896 |
| POT BU | 127,296 |
| RYE BU | 168 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,177 |
| WHT AC | 490 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,253 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 70 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 359 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 66 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 529 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 314 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 89 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,918 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 130 |
| Number of fishing boats | 77 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 98 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 14 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 43,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 245 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 66 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 98 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 77 |
| C UNMD F | 741 |
| C UNMD M | 701 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,442 |
| CD NAME | Kent |
| COD DX K | 245 |
| D OCC | 330 |
| EEL XB Q | 70 |
| FEMALE | 1,092 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 130 |
| GRA BU | 151 |
| GSP XB Q | 359 |
| H CON | 10 |
| H INHAB | 329 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| HAL XB Q | 7 |
| LOB XC P | 43,000 |
| MALE | 1,043 |
| MCK XB Q | 529 |
| MD F | 307 |
| MD M | 304 |
| MD TOT | 611 |
| NET XX F | 1,918 |
| NUMBER CD | 34 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 314 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 183 |
| OYS XB Q | 89 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 4,190 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 14 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 5 |
| WID F | 44 |
| WID M | 38 |
| WID TOT | 82 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB034003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.