St. Martins, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Name: St. Martins (1891)
Address: New Brunswick, CA

St. Martins was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,335. 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 1,146 female residents. Population density was 9.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	2,410
1881	2,558
1891	2,335
1901	1,957
1911	1,637
1921	1,422

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:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	447
Number of families	447
Number of females	1,140
Number of males	1,189
Number of married females	352
Number of married males	350
Number of married persons	702
Number of widowed females	95
Number of widowed males	42
Number of widowed persons	137
POP F	1,146
POP M	1,189
POP TOT	2,335
Total population	2,335

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	699
Number of single males under 18	797
Number of single persons under 18	1,496

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	2,334

Buildings & housing (16 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	437
Number of houses built of brick	1
Number of houses built of wood	436
Number of houses of 1 story	387
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	18
Number of houses of 2 rooms	14
Number of houses of 2 stories	49
Number of houses of 3 rooms	34
Number of houses of 4 rooms	72
Number of houses of 5 rooms	66
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	225
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	8
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	437
Number of uninhabited houses	59

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	16
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,684
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	26,859
Acres of farmland under crops	5,907
Acres of hay crops	2,158
Acres of improved land in farms	9,607
Acres of land in farms	36,466
Acres of oats	305
Acres of potatoes	193
Acres of turnips	28
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	21
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	2,782
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	3
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	8,196
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	69
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	20,908
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	225
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,317
BWT BU	2,782
CRN BU	3
HAY AC	2,158
HAY TONS	2,634
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	159
Number of chickens	3,372
Number of ducks	51
Number of farm occupants who own their land	292
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	40
Number of geese	176
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	63
Number of horses aged over 3 years	298
Number of milk cows	761
Number of occupants of farms	332
Number of other cattle	423
Number of other fowl	18
Number of oxen	14
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	51
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	68
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	92
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	34
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	87
Number of sheep	826
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	218
Number of swine	380
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	296
Number of turkeys	87
OAT AC	305
OAT BU	8,196
PEA BU	69
POT AC	193
POT BU	20,908
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	3,656
Pounds of homemade butter	67,010
RYE BU	225
Tons of hay produced in the past year	2,634

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	51
A 11 50	68
A 201 PL	34
A 51 100	92
BEN BU	21
BUTTER LB	67,010
CATTLE KS	159
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	699
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	797
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,496
COARSE WOOL LB	3,656
COLTS FILLIES	63
DUCKS	51
FAMILIES	447
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FRN CA	1
GEESE	176
HENS AND CHKN	3,372
HORSES OVR THREE	298
HOUSES	437
HOUSES B	1
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	18
HOUSES FIVE RM	66
HOUSES FOUR RM	72
HOUSES ONE STRY	387
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	225
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	8
HOUSES THREE RM	34
HOUSES TWO RM	14
HOUSES TWO STRY	49
HOUSES UNINH	59
HOUSES W	436
INF 11 A	87
MD FEM	352
MD MALE	350
MD TOT	702
MILK COWS	761
NAME CD	St. John, County—Comté
OC F	40
OC P	292
OC TOT	332
OTHER FOWL	18
OTHER HRN CATTLE	423
OTHERS	2,334
SHEEP	826
SHEEP KS	218
SUP AM	9,607
SUP FOR	26,859
SUP JV	16
SUP PAT	3,684
SUP SC	5,907
SUP TOT	36,466
SWINE	380
SWINE KS	296
TOT DWLG OCC	437
TUR AC	28
TUR BU	3,317
TURKEY	87
WID FEM	95
WID MALE	42
WID TOT	137
WORKING OX	14

Identifiers

TCP UID: NB021008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB032003 — 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 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/.