Botsford, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Botsford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,150. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365783. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.128°N, 64.039°W.

Population

In 1891, Botsford had a population of 4,150: 2,175 male and 1,975 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Botsford shared boundaries with:

• Sackville
• Shediac
• Westmorland

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,150 total population, 2,175 males, 1,975 females, 1,398 married persons, 721 families, 700 married females, 698 married males, 169 widowed persons, 105 widowed females, 64 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,583 single persons under 18, 1,413 single males under 18, 1,170 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,759 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,391 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 693 occupied houses, 691 houses, 686 houses built of wood, 612 houses of 1 story, 286 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 117 houses of 4 rooms, 91 houses of 3 rooms, 76 houses of 5 rooms, 73 houses of 2 stories, 66 houses of 2 rooms, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 134,980 bushels of potatoes, 114,696 pounds of homemade butter, 75,345 acres of land in farms, 43,548 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 34,347 bushels of oats, 31,797 acres of improved land in farms, 20,137 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 18,705 acres of farmland under crops, 15,117 bushels of turnips, 13,009 bushels of spring wheat, 12,982 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,691 chickens, 10,358 bushels of barley, 8,225 acres of hay crops, 8,191 tons of hay, 6,960 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5,865 bushels of buckwheat, 5,426 sheep, 3,742 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,454 other cattle, 2,299 acres of oats, 1,905 milk cows, 1,327 geese, 1,118 cattle killed or sold, 1,104 acres of wheat, 1,021 swine slaughtered or sold, 994 horses aged over 3 years, 957 acres of potatoes, 752 acres of barley, 675 swine, 662 occupants of farms, 634 farm occupants who own their land, 435 ducks, 407 bushels of corn, 392 turkeys, 304 bushels of peas, 277 horses aged 3 years and under, 189 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 182 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 174 bushels of beans, 148 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 148 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 110 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 103 other fowl, 79 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 75 oxen, 68 acres of turnips, 64 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB024001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB035001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365783
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botsford_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Botsford

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Botsford, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/botsford-nb024001-1891/.