Burton, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Burton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,677. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5000891. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.799°N, 66.416°W.
Population
In 1881, Burton had a population of 1,677: 878 male and 799 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,830 |
| 1881 | 1,677 |
| 1891 | 1,455 |
| 1901 | 1,424 |
| 1911 | 1,610 |
| 1921 | 1,383 |
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, Burton shared boundaries with:
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 1,677 total population, 878 males, 799 females, 449 married persons, 313 families, 227 married males, 222 married females, 90 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,138 single persons under 18, 615 single males under 18, 523 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 312 occupied houses, 311 inhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 48,533 bushels of potatoes, 10,289 bushels of buckwheat, 9,953 bushels of oats, 6,899 bushels of turnips, 3,448 tons of hay, 2,935 acres of hay crops, 1,947 bushels of spring wheat, 866 bushels of other root crops, 455 bushels of barley, 441 acres of potatoes, 409 bushels of corn, 335 bushels of peas and beans, 141 acres of wheat, 127 bushels of rye, 3 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 1,677 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:
NB029004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB033002_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5000891
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Parish
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Burton
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). "Burton, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/burton-nb029004-1881/.