Bathurst, New Brunswick (1871–1901)
Bathurst was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in 4 censuses between 1871 and 1901. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q810807, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.
Historical lineage
Ancestor places
- split off from NO DATA in 1871
Descendant places
- later split into Bathurst, T-V in 1911
Population trajectory across census years
| Census year | Population | Page |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,469 | View 1871 detail → |
| 1881 | 4,806 | View 1881 detail → |
| 1891 | 4,815 | View 1891 detail → |
| 1901 | 4,913 | View 1901 detail → |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Francis Burns | 1842–1895 | died here |
| Joseph William Scott | 1867–1918 | born here |
| William John Bowser | 1867–1933 | born here |
| James Paul Byrne | 1869–1934 | born here |
| Harlan Carey Brewster | 1870–1918 | born here |
| Richard Bedford Bennett | 1870–1947 | born here |
| Charles-David Hébert | 1874–1932 | born here |
| Ernest MzKenzie | 1878–1918 | born here |
| Mildred Mariann Bennett | 1889–1938 | born here |
Identifiers
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB016001— assigned to this enduring entity by chaining year-scoped TCP UIDs through spatial overlap - Wikidata: Q810807
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst_(Nouveau-Brunswick)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.