Caraquette, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Caraquette was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,630. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365795. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.743°N, 64.914°W.

Population

In 1891, Caraquette had a population of 4,630: 2,362 male and 2,268 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).

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 Caraquet, 1901 (86.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Caraquette shared boundaries with:

• Inkerman
• New Bandon

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,630 total population, 2,362 males, 2,268 females, 1,371 married persons, 694 families, 687 married males, 684 married females, 125 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,134 single persons under 18, 1,627 single males under 18, 1,507 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,492 French Canadians, 138 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 648 occupied houses, 631 houses, 627 houses built of wood, 472 houses of 1 story, 194 houses of 2 rooms, 155 houses of 2 stories, 147 houses of 3 rooms, 111 houses of 4 rooms, 90 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 48 houses under construction, 39 uninhabited houses, 17 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 148,625 bushels of potatoes, 48,944 acres of land in farms, 40,076 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,185 pounds of homemade butter, 15,026 bushels of oats, 12,970 bushels of turnips, 8,868 acres of improved land in farms, 7,792 acres of farmland under crops, 4,597 bushels of spring wheat, 3,956 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,460 chickens, 2,975 acres of hay crops, 2,671 bushels of barley, 2,259 tons of hay, 2,126 bushels of buckwheat, 1,565 swine, 1,472 sheep, 1,212 acres of potatoes, 1,056 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,023 acres of oats, 929 bushels of winter wheat, 840 bushels of corn, 730 swine slaughtered or sold, 704 occupants of farms, 632 acres of wheat, 617 farm occupants who own their land, 604 milk cows, 526 other cattle, 322 horses aged over 3 years, 286 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 261 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 252 oxen, 247 geese, 218 bushels of peas, 218 cattle killed or sold, 210 acres of barley, 176 bushels of beans, 170 sheep slaughtered or sold, 121 acres of turnips, 88 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 83 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 52 horses aged 3 years and under, 31 other fowl, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 ducks, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 turkeys, 7 bushels of rye, 4 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 1 person 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: NB014003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB014003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365795
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caraquet_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Caraquet

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). "Caraquette, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/caraquette-nb014003-1891/.