Dalhousie, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Dalhousie was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,183. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365804. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.006°N, 66.506°W.

Population

In 1901, Dalhousie had a population of 2,183: 1,096 male and 1,087 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Dalhousie, 1891 (12.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Dalhousie, T-V, 1911 (1.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Dalhousie shared boundaries with:

• Addington
• Balmoral
• Colborne

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,183 total population, 1,096 males, 1,087 females, 712 single males, 670 single females, 396 families, 366 married males, 364 married females, 53 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 389 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 47,744 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

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 1901, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB020004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB031004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365804
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhousie_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Dalhousie

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Dalhousie, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/dalhousie-nb020004-1901/.