Ste. Croix, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 747. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365913. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.206°N, 67.112°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Croix had a population of 747: 403 male and 344 female residents. Population density was 22.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 747 |
| 1891 | 674 |
| 1901 | 558 |
| 1911 | 462 |
| 1921 | 401 |
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 was contained in St. Andrew’s, 1871 (71.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Croix shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 133 |
| Number of families | 133 |
| Number of females | 344 |
| Number of males | 403 |
| Number of married females | 112 |
| Number of married males | 111 |
| Number of married persons | 223 |
| Number of widowed females | 21 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 38 |
| POP TOT | 747 |
| Total population | 747 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 211 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 275 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 486 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 131 |
| Number of occupied houses | 131 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,691 |
| Acres of potatoes | 136 |
| Acres of wheat | 183 |
| BAR BU | 304 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 304 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,193 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 9 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,206 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,498 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 239 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 20,914 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,310 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 36,024 |
| BWT BU | 2,193 |
| CRN BU | 9 |
| HAY AC | 1,691 |
| HAY TONS | 1,675 |
| OAT BU | 8,206 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 239 |
| POT AC | 136 |
| POT BU | 20,914 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,675 |
| WHT AC | 183 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,310 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 372 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 93 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 300 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 124 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 8 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 100 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 372 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 4 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 211 |
| C UNMD M | 275 |
| C UNMD TOT | 486 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 4 |
| D OCC | 131 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 8 |
| FEMALE | 344 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 124 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 131 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| HAD DX K | 100 |
| MALE | 403 |
| MCK XB Q | 17 |
| MD F | 112 |
| MD M | 111 |
| MD TOT | 223 |
| NET XX F | 300 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 93 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,498 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 36,024 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 21 |
| WID M | 17 |
| WID TOT | 38 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB026008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365913
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Croix_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Sainte-Croix
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). "Ste. Croix, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/ste-croix-nb026008-1881/.