Alnwick, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Alnwick was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,960. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365755. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.278°N, 65.198°W.

Population

In 1891, Alnwick had a population of 2,960: 1,495 male and 1,465 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Alnwick shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Newcastle
• Saumarez

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,960 total population, 1,495 males, 1,465 females, 858 married persons, 472 families, 429 married females, 429 married males, 106 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 35 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,996 single persons under 18, 1,031 single males under 18, 965 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,552 French Canadians, 1,408 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 467 houses, 467 houses built of wood, 467 occupied houses, 366 houses of 1 story, 106 houses of 2 rooms, 101 houses of 2 stories, 89 houses of 1 room, 88 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 3 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 42 houses of 5 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,141 bushels of potatoes, 36,648 pounds of homemade butter, 36,148 acres of land in farms, 28,718 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,196 bushels of oats, 7,430 acres of improved land in farms, 6,345 acres of farmland under crops, 6,123 bushels of turnips, 5,680 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,144 chickens, 3,897 bushels of spring wheat, 2,506 acres of hay crops, 2,240 tons of hay, 1,828 sheep, 1,430 acres of oats, 1,270 bushels of buckwheat, 1,060 acres of farmland in pasture, 749 milk cows, 689 other cattle, 548 swine, 527 acres of potatoes, 494 swine slaughtered or sold, 483 occupants of farms, 461 farm occupants who own their land, 431 sheep slaughtered or sold, 353 acres of wheat, 292 cattle killed or sold, 288 horses aged over 3 years, 146 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 146 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 129 bushels of peas, 111 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 108 bushels of barley, 79 geese, 75 bushels of beans, 66 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 61 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 53 oxen, 52 ducks, 49 bushels of corn, 32 acres of turnips, 25 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of barley, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 turkeys, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB017001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB029001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365755
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alnwick_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Alnwick

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). "Alnwick, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/alnwick-nb017001-1891/.