St. Mary's, New Brunswick (1871 census)
St. Mary's was a township in New Brunswick (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,885. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.168°N, 66.494°W.
Population
In 1871, St. Mary's had a population of 2,885: 1,482 male and 1,403 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, St. Mary's shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 56 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 489 |
| Number of females | 1,403 |
| Number of males | 1,482 |
| Number of married females | 462 |
| Number of married males | 456 |
| Number of married persons | 918 |
| Number of widowed females | 53 |
| Number of widowed males | 46 |
| Number of widowed persons | 99 |
| Total population | 2,885 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 888 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 980 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,868 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 15 |
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 440 |
| Number of occupied houses | 455 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BAR BU | 221 |
| BWT BU | 8,241 |
| CRN BU | 620 |
| HAY AC | 4,184 |
| HAY TONS | 4,378 |
| OAT BU | 29,943 |
| PEA BU | 99 |
| POT AC | 509 |
| POT BU | 61,952 |
| RYE BU | 9 |
| Total area (acres) | 185,000 |
| WHT SP BU | 557 |
Other recorded variables (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 38 |
| AREA | 185,000 |
| BEING BUILT | 8 |
| BEN BU | 302 |
| CD | 179 |
| CSD | 17 |
| FAMILIES | 489 |
| FEMALE | 1,403 |
| GRA BU | 32 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 455 |
| INHABITED | 440 |
| MALE | 1,482 |
| MARRIED F | 462 |
| MARRIED M | 456 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 918 |
| POPULATION | 2,885 |
| ROOT BU | 1,441 |
| SHANTIES | 15 |
| SINGLE F | 888 |
| SINGLE M | 980 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 1,868 |
| TUR BU | 6,041 |
| UNINHABITED | 7 |
| WIDOWED F | 53 |
| WIDOWED M | 46 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 99 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB179017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB030018— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-mary-s-nb179017-1871/.