St. Patrick, New Brunswick (1881 census)
St. Patrick was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,355 |
| 1881 | 1,123 |
| 1891 | 921 |
| 1901 | 755 |
| 1911 | 612 |
| 1921 | 649 |
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 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,123 total population, 583 males, 540 females, 304 married persons, 188 families, 152 married females, 152 married males, 54 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 765 single persons under 18, 409 single males under 18, 356 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 187 inhabited houses, 187 occupied houses, 28 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 23,638 bushels of potatoes, 11,983 bushels of oats, 4,753 bushels of turnips, 3,204 bushels of buckwheat, 2,988 acres of hay crops, 2,849 bushels of spring wheat, 2,422 tons of hay, 716 bushels of other root crops, 210 acres of wheat, 205 acres of potatoes, 180 bushels of barley, 138 bushels of peas and beans, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,400 barrels of other fish, 3,006 barrels of herring or alewives, 506 gallons of fish oil, 480 barrels of mackerel, 70 fathoms of fishing nets, 16 men on fishing boats, 14 fishing boats, 8 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 4 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 213 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,123 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:
NB026005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7401996
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Saint-Patrick
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/.