Moncton, City—Cité, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Moncton, City—Cité was a city in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,032. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.093°N, 64.789°W.

Population

In 1881, Moncton, City—Cité had a population of 5,032: 2,513 male and 2,519 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 Moncton, 1871 (0.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Moncton, City—Cité shared boundaries with:

• Moncton

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 5,032 total population, 2,519 females, 2,513 males, 1,660 married persons, 950 families, 834 married females, 826 married males, 183 widowed persons, 126 widowed females, 57 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,189 single persons under 18, 1,630 single males under 18, 1,559 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 799 inhabited houses, 799 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,896 bushels of potatoes, 1,604 bushels of oats, 1,354 bushels of other root crops, 685 bushels of buckwheat, 681 tons of hay, 654 bushels of turnips, 437 acres of hay crops, 285 bushels of peas and beans, 181 bushels of spring wheat, 60 bushels of barley, 52 bushels of corn, 51 bushels of rye, 28 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,031 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: NB033006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024003_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Moncton, City—Cité, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/moncton-city-cit-nb033006-1881/.