Blissville, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Name: Blissville (1871)
Address: New Brunswick, CA

Blissville was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,929. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365781. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.621°N, 66.653°W.

Population

In 1871, Blissville had a population of 1,929: 1,028 male and 901 female residents. Population density was 6.2 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	1,929
1881	894
1891	764
1901	713
1911	808
1921	609

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 was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Blissville, 1881 (42.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Gladstone, 1881 (57.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Blissville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 57 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of families	329
Number of females	901
Number of males	1,028
Number of married females	304
Number of married males	301
Number of married persons	605
Number of widowed females	26
Number of widowed males	26
Number of widowed persons	52
Total population	1,929

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	571
Number of single males under 18	701
Number of single persons under 18	1,272

Buildings & housing (5 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties	12
Number of houses under construction	9
Number of inhabited houses	290
Number of occupied houses	302
Number of uninhabited houses	13

Agriculture (13 variables)

Variable	Value
BAR BU	9
BWT BU	6,357
CRN BU	313
HAY AC	3,764
HAY TONS	3,659
OAT BU	17,661
PEA BU	97
POT AC	370
POT BU	45,602
RYE BU	255
Total area (acres)	194,000
WHT SP BU	824
WHT WTR BU	40

Other recorded variables (26 variables)

Variable	Value
ACRES	64
AREA	194,000
BEING BUILT	9
BEN BU	221
CD	178
CSD	1
FAMILIES	329
FEMALE	901
GRA BU	43
HOUSES OCCUPIED	302
INHABITED	290
MALE	1,028
MARRIED F	304
MARRIED M	301
MARRIED TOTAL	605
POPULATION	1,929
ROOT BU	459
SHANTIES	12
SINGLE F	571
SINGLE M	701
SINGLE TOTAL	1,272
TUR BU	3,653
UNINHABITED	13
WIDOWED F	26
WIDOWED M	26
WIDOWED TOTAL	52

Identifiers

TCP UID: NB178001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB033001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3365781
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissville_Parish
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Blissville

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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). "Blissville, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/blissville-nb178001-1871/.