Beresford, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Beresford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,301. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q13107388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.762°N, 65.811°W.

Population

In 1891, Beresford had a population of 4,301: 2,164 male and 2,137 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Beresford shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Durham

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,301 total population, 2,164 males, 2,137 females, 1,230 married persons, 615 married females, 615 married males, 603 families, 109 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 7.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,962 single persons under 18, 1,511 single males under 18, 1,451 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,763 French Canadians, 538 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 573 occupied houses, 569 houses, 569 houses built of wood, 562 houses of 1 story, 158 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 102 houses of 4 rooms, 93 houses of 3 rooms, 84 houses of 2 rooms, 62 houses of 1 room, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 37 houses under construction, 32 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 175,173 bushels of potatoes, 51,378 pounds of homemade butter, 48,303 acres of land in farms, 39,279 bushels of oats, 34,601 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,702 acres of improved land in farms, 11,415 bushels of turnips, 10,888 acres of farmland under crops, 8,282 bushels of spring wheat, 7,416 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,229 chickens, 3,777 bushels of buckwheat, 3,760 acres of hay crops, 3,743 tons of hay, 2,783 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,267 acres of oats, 2,200 sheep, 1,829 bushels of barley, 1,208 acres of potatoes, 1,016 milk cows, 983 other cattle, 831 sheep slaughtered or sold, 719 swine slaughtered or sold, 708 acres of wheat, 695 swine, 584 occupants of farms, 566 farm occupants who own their land, 535 bushels of corn, 510 bushels of peas, 488 horses aged over 3 years, 481 cattle killed or sold, 232 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 193 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 166 geese, 152 acres of barley, 149 bushels of beans, 128 horses aged 3 years and under, 78 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 74 acres of turnips, 66 oxen, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 45 ducks, 44 other fowl, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 employees on farms, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB014002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB025002_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q13107388
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beresford_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Beresford

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Beresford, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/beresford-nb014002-1891/.