St. Mary, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Mary was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,389. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.394°N, 64.859°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Mary had a population of 2,389: 1,201 male and 1,188 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,389 |
| 1901 | 2,449 |
| 1911 | 2,435 |
| 1921 | 2,342 |
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 St. Mary's, 1881 (63.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Mary shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,389 total population, 1,201 males, 1,188 females, 656 married persons, 368 families, 329 married females, 327 married males, 58 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,675 single persons under 18, 856 single males under 18, 819 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,992 French Canadians, 397 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 343 houses, 343 houses built of wood, 343 occupied houses, 191 houses of 1 story, 152 houses of 2 stories, 85 houses of 2 rooms, 77 houses of 1 room, 69 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 57,111 bushels of potatoes, 36,736 acres of land in farms, 29,450 pounds of homemade butter, 24,508 bushels of oats, 24,055 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,681 acres of improved land in farms, 11,030 bushels of buckwheat, 8,567 acres of farmland under crops, 5,826 chickens, 4,119 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,083 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,661 acres of hay crops, 2,665 bushels of spring wheat, 2,113 tons of hay, 2,065 bushels of turnips, 1,888 acres of oats, 1,856 sheep, 856 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 849 other cattle, 709 milk cows, 565 acres of potatoes, 553 sheep slaughtered or sold, 541 bushels of barley, 457 swine slaughtered or sold, 398 cattle killed or sold, 397 swine, 348 occupants of farms, 344 farm occupants who own their land, 312 horses aged over 3 years, 273 acres of wheat, 145 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 136 oxen, 133 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 116 geese, 106 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 91 ducks, 90 horses aged 3 years and under, 70 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 54 other fowl, 49 acres of barley, 47 bushels of peas, 36 bushels of corn, 32 turkeys, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 bushels of beans, 15 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB015007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026008— 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. Mary, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-mary-nb015007-1891/.