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Year: 1891  |  Province: New Brunswick  |  Wikidata: Q3365750

Alma, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Alma was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,091. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365750. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.634°N, 65.008°W.

Population

In 1891, Alma had a population of 1,091: 588 male and 503 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18711,112
18811,263
18911,091
19011,014
1911723
1921674

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, Alma shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,091 total population, 588 males, 503 females, 357 married persons, 197 families, 179 married females, 178 married males, 43 widowed persons, 22 widowed males, 21 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 691 single persons under 18, 388 single males under 18, 303 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,089 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 182 houses, 182 houses built of wood, 182 occupied houses, 113 houses of 1 story, 69 houses of 2 stories, 62 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,013 pounds of homemade butter, 16,030 acres of land in farms, 11,322 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,997 bushels of potatoes, 4,838 bushels of oats, 4,708 acres of improved land in farms, 2,829 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,709 acres of farmland under crops, 1,971 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,820 bushels of buckwheat, 1,504 chickens, 1,216 tons of hay, 1,115 acres of hay crops, 733 sheep, 642 bushels of turnips, 356 milk cows, 301 acres of oats, 248 sheep slaughtered or sold, 221 other cattle, 216 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 156 occupants of farms, 148 farm occupants who own their land, 140 horses aged over 3 years, 121 acres of potatoes, 116 geese, 74 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 64 swine, 50 cattle killed or sold, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 28 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 ducks, 24 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 swine slaughtered or sold, 12 turkeys, 8 acres of turnips, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 oxen, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Alma, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/alma-nb011001-1891/.