St. Marys, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Marys was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,354. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.168°N, 66.493°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Marys had a population of 3,354: 1,668 male and 1,686 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 3,354 |
| 1901 | 3,611 |
| 1911 | 3,857 |
| 1921 | 1,910 |
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. Marys shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,354 total population, 1,686 females, 1,668 males, 1,150 married persons, 633 families, 577 married females, 573 married males, 149 widowed persons, 98 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,055 single persons under 18, 1,044 single males under 18, 1,011 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,354 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 583 occupied houses, 562 houses, 560 houses built of wood, 314 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 312 houses of 2 stories, 249 houses of 1 story, 74 houses of 5 rooms, 67 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 21 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 7 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 92,583 pounds of homemade butter, 57,449 acres of land in farms, 53,407 bushels of potatoes, 46,542 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,696 bushels of oats, 10,907 acres of improved land in farms, 9,586 bushels of turnips, 6,947 acres of farmland under crops, 6,610 bushels of buckwheat, 4,848 tons of hay, 4,846 chickens, 4,802 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,027 acres of hay crops, 3,877 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,560 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,407 sheep, 1,159 milk cows, 969 acres of oats, 779 other cattle, 740 sheep slaughtered or sold, 612 bushels of barley, 595 cattle killed or sold, 493 swine slaughtered or sold, 466 horses aged over 3 years, 447 occupants of farms, 426 farm occupants who own their land, 414 swine, 386 acres of potatoes, 276 bushels of spring wheat, 173 horses aged 3 years and under, 169 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 160 turkeys, 135 ducks, 130 geese, 117 bushels of beans, 103 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 95 bushels of winter wheat, 83 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 76 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 acres of turnips, 31 other fowl, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 acres of wheat, 22 acres of barley, 20 bushels of corn, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 bushels of peas, 5 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Acquin | 1811–1901 | died here |
| Alexander Gibson | 1819–1913 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB025017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB036012_1921— 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 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. Marys, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-marys-nb025017-1891/.