Blackville, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Blackville was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,439. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365779. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.673°N, 65.800°W.

Population

In 1901, Blackville had a population of 2,439: 1,322 male and 1,117 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Blackville shared boundaries with:

• Blissfield
• Derby
• Harcourt
• Nelson
• NO DATA
• Rogersville
• South Esk

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,439 total population, 1,322 males, 1,117 females, 943 single males, 711 single females, 413 families, 351 married males, 350 married females, 56 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 371 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 220,160 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB019002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB029002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365779
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackville_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Blackville

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Blackville, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/blackville-nb019002-1901/.