Alnwick, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Alnwick was a census subdivision in 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
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,393 |
| 1881 | 2,646 |
| 1891 | 2,960 |
| 1901 | 3,334 |
| 1911 | 3,893 |
| 1921 | 4,333 |
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 54 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,646 total population, 1,348 males, 1,298 females, 723 married persons, 399 families, 362 married females, 361 married males, 103 widowed persons, 67 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,820 single persons under 18, 951 single males under 18, 869 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 391 occupied houses, 372 inhabited houses, 51 uninhabited houses, 39 houses under construction, 19 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 77,655 bushels of potatoes, 25,889 bushels of oats, 4,048 bushels of turnips, 2,307 bushels of spring wheat, 2,190 bushels of buckwheat, 1,656 tons of hay, 1,601 acres of hay crops, 703 bushels of barley, 564 acres of potatoes, 243 acres of wheat, 224 bushels of peas and beans, 186 bushels of other root crops, 41 bushels of corn, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 21,894 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,579 barrels of other fish, 1,226 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,001 quintals of cod, 792 barrels of gaspareaux, 767 barrels of mackerel, 325 men on fishing boats, 308 barrels of salmon, 284 gallons of fish oil, 251 fishing boats, 241 barrels of trout, 64 barrels of eels, 54 shoremen, 7 men on fishing vessels, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 3 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 259 barrels of sardines, 1 barrels of shad, 1 barrels of whitefish, 230,000 pounds of lobster canned, 231 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Vénérande Robichaud | 1835–1936 | died here |
| Romain Savoie | 1847–1914 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,646 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:
NB035001— 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 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/.