Brighton, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Brighton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 2,605. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365787. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.330°N, 67.363°W.
Population
In 1911, Brighton had a population of 2,605: 1,365 male and 1,240 female residents. Population density was 13.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,876 |
| 1881 | 2,496 |
| 1891 | 2,382 |
| 1901 | 2,788 |
| 1911 | 2,605 |
| 1921 | 1,770 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hartland, T-V, 1921 (1.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Brighton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 128,000 area in acres, 2,605 total population, 1,365 males in the population, 1,240 females in the population, 814 single (never-married) males, 680 single (never-married) females, 499 married males, 495 families, 479 married females, 200 area in square miles, 81 widowed females, 41 widowed males, 13.03 population per square mile, 10 males with marital status not given, 1 legally separated males. 2,788 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,488 persons of British origin (English), 459 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 412 persons of British origin (Irish), 126 persons of Dutch origin, 77 persons of French origin, 13 persons of British origin (other), 9 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Chinese origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 1 persons of Swiss origin. 5 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,221 Baptists, 110 Methodists, 98 Anglicans (Church of England), 79 Presbyterians, 65 Roman Catholics, 17 Adventists, 11 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 7 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 488 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB025002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB023002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365787
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Brighton
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Brighton, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/brighton-nb025002-1911/.