Blackville, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Blackville was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,065. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365779. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.673°N, 65.800°W.
Population
In 1881, Blackville had a population of 2,065: 1,093 male and 972 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,688 |
| 1881 | 2,065 |
| 1891 | 2,066 |
| 1901 | 2,439 |
| 1911 | 2,591 |
| 1921 | 2,794 |
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, Blackville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,065 total population, 1,093 males, 972 females, 541 married persons, 299 families, 272 married females, 269 married males, 74 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,450 single persons under 18, 797 single males under 18, 653 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 298 occupied houses, 297 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 58,863 bushels of potatoes, 33,306 bushels of oats, 10,798 bushels of turnips, 8,212 bushels of buckwheat, 2,597 tons of hay, 1,920 bushels of spring wheat, 1,851 acres of hay crops, 497 acres of potatoes, 359 acres of wheat, 220 bushels of peas and beans, 78 bushels of barley, 28 bushels of other root crops, 17 bushels of corn, 10 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 521 fathoms of fishing nets, 142 barrels of other fish, 38 barrels of salmon, 17 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Mann | 1798–1891 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,065 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:
NB035007— 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 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). "Blackville, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/blackville-nb035007-1881/.