Bathurst, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Bathurst was a census subdivision in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,806. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q810807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.470°N, 65.712°W.
Population
In 1881, Bathurst had a population of 4,806: 2,417 male and 2,389 female residents. Population density was 5.8 people per square mile.
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, Bathurst shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 102 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 760 |
| Number of families | 760 |
| Number of females | 2,389 |
| Number of males | 2,417 |
| Number of married females | 678 |
| Number of married males | 683 |
| Number of married persons | 1,361 |
| Number of widowed females | 142 |
| Number of widowed males | 49 |
| Number of widowed persons | 191 |
| POP TOT | 4,806 |
| Total population | 4,806 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,569 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,685 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 3,254 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 25 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 704 |
| Number of occupied houses | 710 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 36 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,215 |
| Acres of potatoes | 688 |
| Acres of wheat | 604 |
| BAR BU | 1,825 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,825 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 8,553 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 59 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 45,267 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,154 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 358 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 94,535 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 7,624 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 17,161 |
| BWT BU | 8,553 |
| CRN BU | 59 |
| HAY AC | 3,215 |
| HAY TONS | 3,855 |
| OAT BU | 45,267 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 358 |
| POT AC | 688 |
| POT BU | 94,535 |
| RYE BU | 1 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,855 |
| WHT AC | 604 |
| WHT SP BU | 7,624 |
Fisheries (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 18 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 580 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 713 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 556 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 300 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 151 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 10,422 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,573 |
| Number of fishing boats | 166 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 31 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 233 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 93 |
| Number of shoremen | 72 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 477,387 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3,501 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (38 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 580 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 233 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 166 |
| C UNMD F | 1,569 |
| C UNMD M | 1,685 |
| C UNMD TOT | 3,254 |
| CD NAME | Gloucester |
| COD DX K | 3,501 |
| D OCC | 710 |
| EEL XB Q | 18 |
| FEMALE | 2,389 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,573 |
| GRA BU | 54 |
| H CON | 25 |
| H INHAB | 704 |
| H UNINH | 36 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| LOB XC P | 477,387 |
| MALE | 2,417 |
| MCK XB Q | 713 |
| MD F | 678 |
| MD M | 683 |
| MD TOT | 1,361 |
| NET XX F | 10,422 |
| NUMBER CD | 36 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 556 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,154 |
| OYS XB Q | 300 |
| SHAN | 6 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 72 |
| SLM XB Q | 151 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 17,161 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 93 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 31 |
| WID F | 142 |
| WID M | 49 |
| WID TOT | 191 |
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). "Bathurst, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/bathurst-nb036002-1881/.