St. Louis, New Brunswick (1871 census)

St. Louis was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,983. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.690°N, 65.078°W.

Population

In 1871, St. Louis had a population of 1,983: 976 male and 1,007 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 NO DATA, 1861 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, St. Louis shared boundaries with:

• Carleton
• Richibucto
• Weldford

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,983 total population, 1,007 females, 976 males, 592 married persons, 309 families, 296 married females, 296 married males, 64 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,327 single persons under 18, 678 single females under 18, 649 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 309 occupied houses, 295 inhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 14 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 13 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 96,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB185002 — 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-louis-nb185002-1871/.