Botsford, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Botsford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,985. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365783. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.128°N, 64.039°W.
Population
In 1881, Botsford had a population of 3,985: 2,052 male and 1,933 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,742 |
| 1881 | 3,985 |
| 1891 | 4,150 |
| 1901 | 4,332 |
| 1911 | 4,152 |
| 1921 | 4,150 |
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, Botsford 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 3,985 total population, 2,052 males, 1,933 females, 1,226 married persons, 674 families, 614 married females, 612 married males, 143 widowed persons, 97 widowed females, 46 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,616 single persons under 18, 1,394 single males under 18, 1,222 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 621 occupied houses, 620 inhabited houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 190,685 bushels of potatoes, 53,075 bushels of oats, 18,426 bushels of spring wheat, 16,820 bushels of turnips, 12,908 bushels of buckwheat, 9,163 tons of hay, 8,044 acres of hay crops, 7,800 bushels of barley, 1,508 acres of wheat, 1,306 bushels of other root crops, 1,187 acres of potatoes, 486 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 375 bushels of peas and beans, 263 bushels of corn, 35 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,377 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,732 barrels of herring or alewives, 205 barrels of other fish, 176 men on fishing boats, 133 barrels of mackerel, 98 fishing boats, 5 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 quintals of cod, 3 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad, 363,600 pounds of lobster canned, 2 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Trenholm Oulton | 1835–1920 | died here |
| Charles-David Hébert | 1874–1932 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,986 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:
NB033004— 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 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). "Botsford, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/botsford-nb033004-1881/.