Ste. Croix, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in 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 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, Town—Ville, 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 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 747 total population, 403 males, 344 females, 223 married persons, 133 families, 112 married females, 111 married males, 38 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 486 single persons under 18, 275 single males under 18, 211 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 131 inhabited houses, 131 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,024 bushels of turnips, 20,914 bushels of potatoes, 8,206 bushels of oats, 3,310 bushels of spring wheat, 2,193 bushels of buckwheat, 1,691 acres of hay crops, 1,675 tons of hay, 1,498 bushels of other root crops, 304 bushels of barley, 239 bushels of peas and beans, 183 acres of wheat, 136 acres of potatoes, 9 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 372 barrels of herring or alewives, 300 fathoms of fishing nets, 124 gallons of fish oil, 100 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 93 barrels of other fish, 17 barrels of mackerel, 8 quintals of fascines fish, 4 men on fishing boats, 4 quintals of cod, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 barrels of trout, 1 fishing boats, 1 fishing vessels, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 747 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:
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/.