St. Paul, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Paul was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,040. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7400773. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.331°N, 65.009°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Paul had a population of 1,040: 546 male and 494 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,040 |
| 1901 | 1,141 |
| 1911 | 1,391 |
| 1921 | 1,215 |
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. Paul shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,040 total population, 546 males, 494 females, 310 married persons, 168 families, 155 married females, 155 married males, 31 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 699 single persons under 18, 381 single males under 18, 318 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 964 French Canadians, 76 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 151 houses, 151 houses built of wood, 151 occupied houses, 118 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 45 uninhabited houses, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 33 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,514 bushels of potatoes, 17,240 acres of land in farms, 13,772 pounds of homemade butter, 11,578 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,206 bushels of oats, 5,662 acres of improved land in farms, 5,292 bushels of buckwheat, 2,857 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,787 acres of farmland under crops, 2,291 chickens, 2,068 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,129 acres of hay crops, 833 bushels of turnips, 749 tons of hay, 731 sheep, 494 bushels of spring wheat, 406 acres of oats, 308 bushels of winter wheat, 268 other cattle, 253 milk cows, 193 acres of potatoes, 176 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 175 sheep slaughtered or sold, 169 swine slaughtered or sold, 163 occupants of farms, 162 bushels of barley, 162 farm occupants who own their land, 146 cattle killed or sold, 131 swine, 108 horses aged over 3 years, 81 acres of wheat, 67 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 bushels of beans, 61 oxen, 57 bushels of peas, 55 geese, 47 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 28 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 bushels of corn, 18 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 acres of barley, 15 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 10 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 ducks, 5 turkeys, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB015008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7400773
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Paul_Parish,_New_Brunswick
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. Paul, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-paul-nb015008-1891/.