St. Martins, New Brunswick (1891 census)

St. Martins was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,335. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365907. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.455°N, 65.439°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Martins had a population of 2,335: 1,189 male and 1,140 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Martins shared boundaries with:

• Alma
• Hammond
• Simonds
• Upham

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,335 total population, 1,189 males, 1,140 females, 702 married persons, 447 families, 352 married females, 350 married males, 137 widowed persons, 95 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,496 single persons under 18, 797 single males under 18, 699 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,334 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 437 houses, 437 occupied houses, 436 houses built of wood, 387 houses of 1 story, 225 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 59 uninhabited houses, 49 houses of 2 stories, 34 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 67,010 pounds of homemade butter, 36,466 acres of land in farms, 26,859 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,908 bushels of potatoes, 9,607 acres of improved land in farms, 8,196 bushels of oats, 5,907 acres of farmland under crops, 3,684 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,656 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,372 chickens, 3,317 bushels of turnips, 2,782 bushels of buckwheat, 2,634 tons of hay, 2,158 acres of hay crops, 826 sheep, 761 milk cows, 423 other cattle, 380 swine, 332 occupants of farms, 305 acres of oats, 298 horses aged over 3 years, 296 swine slaughtered or sold, 292 farm occupants who own their land, 225 bushels of rye, 218 sheep slaughtered or sold, 193 acres of potatoes, 176 geese, 159 cattle killed or sold, 92 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 87 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 87 turkeys, 69 bushels of peas, 68 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 51 ducks, 51 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 28 acres of turnips, 21 bushels of beans, 18 other fowl, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 oxen, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB021008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB032003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365907
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martins_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Martins

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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. Martins, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-martins-nb021008-1891/.