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 2,904. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.375°N, 64.904°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Mary's had a population of 2,904: 1,483 male and 1,421 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,087 |
| 1881 | 2,904 |
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 St. Mary, 1891 (63.4% 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 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,904 total population, 1,483 males, 1,421 females, 869 married persons, 462 families, 435 married females, 434 married males, 61 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,974 single persons under 18, 1,026 single males under 18, 948 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 419 occupied houses, 414 inhabited houses, 39 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 110,266 bushels of potatoes, 24,883 bushels of oats, 19,316 bushels of buckwheat, 6,722 bushels of spring wheat, 3,532 acres of hay crops, 2,435 tons of hay, 1,856 bushels of turnips, 1,030 bushels of barley, 796 acres of potatoes, 782 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 723 acres of wheat, 241 bushels of rye, 203 bushels of corn, 151 bushels of peas and beans, 109 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,341 fathoms of fishing nets, 206 barrels of other fish, 163 barrels of gaspareaux, 93 barrels of mackerel, 22 quintals of cod, 18 men on fishing boats, 10 barrels of salmon, 10 gallons of fish oil, 9 fishing boats, 3 barrels of eels, 3 shoremen, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad, 99 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,905 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:
NB034007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB034007— 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 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-nb034007-1881/.