St. Stephen, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1891 census)
St. Stephen, Town—Ville was a town in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,680. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2358467. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.198°N, 67.280°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Stephen, Town—Ville had a population of 2,680: 1,286 male and 1,394 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,338 |
| 1891 | 2,680 |
| 1901 | 2,840 |
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. Stephen, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,680 total population, 1,394 females, 1,286 males, 978 married persons, 584 families, 490 married females, 488 married males, 141 widowed persons, 104 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,561 single persons under 18, 800 single females under 18, 761 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,680 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 562 houses, 562 occupied houses, 549 houses built of wood, 350 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 277 houses of 2 stories, 276 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 65 houses of 5 rooms, 45 houses of 4 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses built of brick, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 stories, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,625 pounds of homemade butter, 1,984 chickens, 1,964 bushels of potatoes, 1,754 acres of land in farms, 1,573 acres of improved land in farms, 900 bushels of turnips, 838 acres of farmland in pasture, 698 tons of hay, 616 acres of farmland under crops, 578 acres of hay crops, 370 occupants of farms, 341 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 320 horses aged over 3 years, 288 farm occupants who own their land, 268 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of spring wheat, 191 milk cows, 181 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 125 swine slaughtered or sold, 119 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 118 swine, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 70 other cattle, 66 bushels of barley, 55 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 cattle killed or sold, 41 ducks, 37 bushels of beans, 23 acres of potatoes, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 turkeys, 14 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of peas, 12 acres of oats, 7 bushels of buckwheat, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 acres of barley, 5 acres of turnips, 4 other fowl, 3 employees on farms, 3 oxen, 2 bushels of corn, 2 geese, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Murchie | 1813–1900 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB013016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB015016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2358467
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Stephen
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. Stephen, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/st-stephen-town-ville-nb013016-1891/.