Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Gloucester
Beresford, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Beresford was a census subdivision in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,636. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.762°N, 65.811°W.
Population
In 1881, Beresford had a population of 3,636: 1,850 male and 1,786 female residents. Population density was 25.8 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, Beresford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 540 |
| Number of families | 540 |
| Number of females | 1,786 |
| Number of males | 1,850 |
| Number of married females | 487 |
| Number of married males | 489 |
| Number of married persons | 976 |
| Number of widowed females | 58 |
| Number of widowed males | 42 |
| Number of widowed persons | 100 |
| POP TOT | 3,636 |
| Total population | 3,636 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,241 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,319 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,560 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 502 |
| Number of occupied houses | 503 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,963 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,204 |
| Acres of wheat | 570 |
| BAR BU | 5,640 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,640 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 7,070 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 494 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 34,951 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 559 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 723 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 158,831 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 23 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 7,473 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 13,146 |
| BWT BU | 7,070 |
| CRN BU | 494 |
| HAY AC | 2,963 |
| HAY TONS | 2,755 |
| OAT BU | 34,951 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 723 |
| POT AC | 1,204 |
| POT BU | 158,831 |
| RYE BU | 23 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,755 |
| WHT AC | 570 |
| WHT SP BU | 7,473 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,914 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2,373 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 481 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 546 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 18,690 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 236 |
| Number of fishing boats | 200 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 232 |
| Number of shoremen | 2 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 80,040 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 460 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 10 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,914 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 232 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 200 |
| C UNMD F | 1,241 |
| C UNMD M | 1,319 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,560 |
| CD NAME | Gloucester |
| COD DX K | 460 |
| D OCC | 503 |
| FEMALE | 1,786 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 236 |
| GRA BU | 53 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 502 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| HAD DX K | 10 |
| LOB XC P | 80,040 |
| MALE | 1,850 |
| MCK XB Q | 2,373 |
| MD F | 487 |
| MD M | 489 |
| MD TOT | 976 |
| NET XX F | 18,690 |
| NUMBER CD | 36 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 481 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 559 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 2 |
| SLM XB Q | 546 |
| TUR BU | 13,146 |
| WID F | 58 |
| WID M | 42 |
| WID TOT | 100 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Beresford, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/beresford-nb036001-1881/.