St. Mary's, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Mary's was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,873. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.168°N, 66.494°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Mary's had a population of 3,873: 1,968 male and 1,905 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,885 |
| 1881 | 3,873 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Marysville, Town—Ville, 1891 (0.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Mary's shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,873 total population, 1,968 males, 1,905 females, 1,233 married persons, 690 families, 620 married females, 613 married males, 137 widowed persons, 91 widowed females, 46 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,503 single persons under 18, 1,309 single males under 18, 1,194 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 655 occupied houses, 644 inhabited houses, 11 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 81,698 bushels of potatoes, 28,926 bushels of oats, 11,716 bushels of turnips, 10,938 bushels of buckwheat, 5,178 tons of hay, 4,459 acres of hay crops, 3,226 bushels of spring wheat, 2,674 bushels of other root crops, 526 bushels of peas and beans, 515 acres of potatoes, 250 bushels of corn, 218 bushels of barley, 215 acres of wheat, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,872 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB030018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB030018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365737
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Marys_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint_Marys
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. Mary's, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-mary-s-nb030018-1881/.