Beresford, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Beresford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,917. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q13107388. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.735°N, 65.866°W.
Population
In 1911, Beresford had a population of 4,917: 2,553 male and 2,364 female residents. Population density was 24.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,275 |
| 1881 | 3,636 |
| 1891 | 4,301 |
| 1901 | 4,457 |
| 1911 | 4,917 |
| 1921 | 5,466 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Beresford, 1901 (65.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Beresford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 130,048 area in acres, 4,917 total population, 2,553 males in the population, 2,364 females in the population, 1,734 single (never-married) males, 1,483 single (never-married) females, 811 families, 782 married males, 779 married females, 203.20 area in square miles, 101 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 24.20 population per square mile, 1 divorced females, 1 legally separated males. 4,457 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 4,535 persons of French origin, 145 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 129 persons of British origin (Irish), 58 persons of British origin (English), 8 persons of German origin, 4 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Belgian origin, 1 persons of Polish origin. 2 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 4,706 Roman Catholics, 157 Presbyterians, 34 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 21 Anglicans (Church of England), 19 Baptists, 8 Methodists, 2 Lutherans, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Mormons (Latter-day Saints). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 747 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB027002— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/beresford-nb027002-1911/.