Bathurst, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Bathurst was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,469 |
| 1881 | 4,806 |
| 1891 | 4,815 |
| 1901 | 4,913 |
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 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,806 total population, 2,417 males, 2,389 females, 1,361 married persons, 760 families, 683 married males, 678 married females, 191 widowed persons, 142 widowed females, 49 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,254 single persons under 18, 1,685 single males under 18, 1,569 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 710 occupied houses, 704 inhabited houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 25 houses under construction, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 94,535 bushels of potatoes, 45,267 bushels of oats, 17,161 bushels of turnips, 8,553 bushels of buckwheat, 7,624 bushels of spring wheat, 3,855 tons of hay, 3,215 acres of hay crops, 1,825 bushels of barley, 1,154 bushels of other root crops, 688 acres of potatoes, 604 acres of wheat, 358 bushels of peas and beans, 59 bushels of corn, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,422 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,501 quintals of cod, 1,573 gallons of fish oil, 713 barrels of mackerel, 580 barrels of herring or alewives, 556 barrels of other fish, 233 men on fishing boats, 166 fishing boats, 151 barrels of salmon, 93 men on fishing vessels, 72 shoremen, 31 fishing vessels, 18 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of trout, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 477,387 pounds of lobster canned, 300 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 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,806 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:
NB036002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB016001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - 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 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/.