St. Marys, New Brunswick (1911 census)
St. Marys was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 3,857. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.168°N, 66.493°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Marys had a population of 3,857: 1,956 male and 1,901 female residents. Population density was 12.0 people per square mile.
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).
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 Devon, T-V, 1921 (0.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Marys shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 205,163 area in acres, 3,857 total population, 1,956 males in the population, 1,901 females in the population, 1,186 single (never-married) males, 1,048 single (never-married) females, 769 families, 710 married males, 708 married females, 320.57 area in square miles, 137 widowed females, 54 widowed males, 12.03 population per square mile, 7 females with marital status not given, 6 males with marital status not given, 1 divorced females. 3,611 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,413 persons of British origin (English), 1,119 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 893 persons of British origin (Irish), 100 persons of Dutch origin, 63 persons of British origin (other), 26 persons of French origin, 2 persons of German origin. 128 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 48 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,315 Baptists, 1,071 Methodists, 531 Anglicans (Church of England), 489 Roman Catholics, 354 Presbyterians, 65 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 46 Adventists, 33 Salvation Army adherents, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 713 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1911, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Gibson | 1819–1913 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036012— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-marys-nb036012-1911/.