St. Patrick, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Patrick was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,123. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7401996. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.238°N, 66.993°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Patrick had a population of 1,123: 583 male and 540 female residents. Population density was 11.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Patrick shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 188 |
| Number of families | 188 |
| Number of females | 540 |
| Number of males | 583 |
| Number of married females | 152 |
| Number of married males | 152 |
| Number of married persons | 304 |
| Number of widowed females | 32 |
| Number of widowed males | 22 |
| Number of widowed persons | 54 |
| POP TOT | 1,123 |
| Total population | 1,123 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 356 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 409 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 765 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 187 |
| Number of occupied houses | 187 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 28 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,988 |
| Acres of potatoes | 205 |
| Acres of wheat | 210 |
| BAR BU | 180 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 180 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,204 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 11,983 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 716 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 138 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 23,638 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,849 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,753 |
| BWT BU | 3,204 |
| HAY AC | 2,988 |
| HAY TONS | 2,422 |
| OAT BU | 11,983 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 138 |
| POT AC | 205 |
| POT BU | 23,638 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,422 |
| WHT AC | 210 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,849 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,006 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 480 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 4,400 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 213 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 70 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 506 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 16 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 8 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,006 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 16 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 356 |
| C UNMD M | 409 |
| C UNMD TOT | 765 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| D OCC | 187 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 540 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 506 |
| GRA BU | 4 |
| GSP XB Q | 4 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 187 |
| H UNINH | 28 |
| HAD DX K | 8 |
| MALE | 583 |
| MCK XB Q | 480 |
| MD F | 152 |
| MD M | 152 |
| MD TOT | 304 |
| NET XX F | 70 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 4,400 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 716 |
| SAR XB Q | 213 |
| TUR BU | 4,753 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 2 |
| WID F | 32 |
| WID M | 22 |
| WID TOT | 54 |
Identifiers
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. Patrick, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-patrick-nb026005-1881/.