St. Stephen, New Brunswick (1911 census)
St. Stephen was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 867. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q14875636. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.207°N, 67.323°W.
Population
In 1911, St. Stephen had a population of 867: 434 male and 433 female residents. Population density was 22.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 867 |
| 1921 | 829 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Stephen, 1901 (90.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, St. Stephen shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 24,806 area in acres, 867 total population, 434 males in the population, 433 females in the population, 268 single (never-married) males, 248 single (never-married) females, 184 families, 152 married males, 148 married females, 38.75 area in square miles, 37 widowed females, 22.37 population per square mile, 14 widowed males. 894 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 409 persons of British origin (English), 223 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 189 persons of British origin (Irish), 25 persons of Dutch origin, 12 persons of Scandinavian origin, 5 persons of French origin, 3 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of German origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 441 Methodists, 135 Presbyterians, 128 Anglicans (Church of England), 101 Baptists, 37 Roman Catholics, 10 Lutherans, 10 Salvation Army adherents, 3 Adventists, 1 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 183 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilbert White Ganong | 1851–1917 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB026014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q14875636
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen_Parish,_New_Brunswick
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. Stephen, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-stephen-nb026014-1911/.