Alnwick, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Alnwick was a census subdivision in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,646. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365755. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.278°N, 65.198°W.
Population
In 1881, Alnwick had a population of 2,646: 1,348 male and 1,298 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Alnwick shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 110 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 399 |
| Number of families | 399 |
| Number of females | 1,298 |
| Number of males | 1,348 |
| Number of married females | 362 |
| Number of married males | 361 |
| Number of married persons | 723 |
| Number of widowed females | 67 |
| Number of widowed males | 36 |
| Number of widowed persons | 103 |
| POP TOT | 2,646 |
| Total population | 2,646 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 869 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 951 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,820 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 19 |
| Number of houses under construction | 39 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 372 |
| Number of occupied houses | 391 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 51 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,601 |
| Acres of potatoes | 564 |
| Acres of wheat | 243 |
| BAR BU | 703 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 703 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,190 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 41 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 25,889 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 186 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 77,655 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,307 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,048 |
| BWT BU | 2,190 |
| CRN BU | 41 |
| HAY AC | 1,601 |
| HAY TONS | 1,656 |
| OAT BU | 25,889 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 224 |
| POT AC | 564 |
| POT BU | 77,655 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,656 |
| WHT AC | 243 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,307 |
Fisheries (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 64 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 792 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,226 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 767 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1,579 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 231 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 308 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 259 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 241 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 21,894 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 284 |
| Number of fishing boats | 251 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 325 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 7 |
| Number of shoremen | 54 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 230,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,001 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (43 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,226 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 325 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 251 |
| C UNMD F | 869 |
| C UNMD M | 951 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,820 |
| CD NAME | Northumberland |
| COD DX K | 1,001 |
| D OCC | 391 |
| EEL XB Q | 64 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 1,298 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 284 |
| GRA BU | 40 |
| GSP XB Q | 792 |
| H CON | 39 |
| H INHAB | 372 |
| H UNINH | 51 |
| HAL XB Q | 2 |
| LOB XC P | 230,000 |
| MALE | 1,348 |
| MCK XB Q | 767 |
| MD F | 362 |
| MD M | 361 |
| MD TOT | 723 |
| NET XX F | 21,894 |
| NUMBER CD | 35 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1,579 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 186 |
| OYS XB Q | 231 |
| SAR XB Q | 259 |
| SHAN | 19 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 54 |
| SLM XB Q | 308 |
| TRT XB Q | 241 |
| TUR BU | 4,048 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 7 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 3 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 1 |
| WID F | 67 |
| WID M | 36 |
| WID TOT | 103 |
Identifiers
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). "Alnwick, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/alnwick-nb035001-1881/.