Bright, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Bright was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,628. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365789. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.124°N, 67.059°W.

Population

In 1881, Bright had a population of 1,628: 846 male and 782 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Bright shared boundaries with:

• Brighton
• Douglas
• Queensbury
• Southampton

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,628 total population, 846 males, 782 females, 552 married persons, 291 families, 276 married females, 276 married males, 53 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,023 single persons under 18, 549 single males under 18, 474 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 276 occupied houses, 275 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 45,628 bushels of potatoes, 24,704 bushels of oats, 18,470 bushels of turnips, 13,289 bushels of buckwheat, 5,330 bushels of spring wheat, 4,117 tons of hay, 4,066 acres of hay crops, 1,878 bushels of other root crops, 321 acres of potatoes, 312 acres of wheat, 265 bushels of corn, 67 bushels of peas and beans, 11 bushels of barley, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,628 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: NB030015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB036001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365789
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Bright

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). "Bright, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/bright-nb030015-1881/.