Beresford, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Beresford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,636. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q13107388. 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 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Beresford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,636 total population, 1,850 males, 1,786 females, 976 married persons, 540 families, 489 married males, 487 married females, 100 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,560 single persons under 18, 1,319 single males under 18, 1,241 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 503 occupied houses, 502 inhabited houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 158,831 bushels of potatoes, 34,951 bushels of oats, 13,146 bushels of turnips, 7,473 bushels of spring wheat, 7,070 bushels of buckwheat, 5,640 bushels of barley, 2,963 acres of hay crops, 2,755 tons of hay, 1,204 acres of potatoes, 723 bushels of peas and beans, 570 acres of wheat, 559 bushels of other root crops, 494 bushels of corn, 53 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 18,690 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,914 barrels of herring or alewives, 2,373 barrels of mackerel, 546 barrels of salmon, 481 barrels of other fish, 460 quintals of cod, 236 gallons of fish oil, 232 men on fishing boats, 200 fishing boats, 10 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 80,040 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,636 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:
NB036001— 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 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/.