Caraquette, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Caraquette was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,837. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365795. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.743°N, 64.914°W.
Population
In 1881, Caraquette had a population of 3,837: 1,989 male and 1,848 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,111 |
| 1881 | 3,837 |
| 1891 | 4,630 |
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, Caraquette shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,837 total population, 1,989 males, 1,848 females, 1,076 married persons, 585 families, 542 married males, 534 married females, 115 widowed persons, 66 widowed females, 49 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,646 single persons under 18, 1,398 single males under 18, 1,248 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 514 occupied houses, 513 inhabited houses, 36 houses under construction, 26 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 152,427 bushels of potatoes, 12,010 bushels of oats, 3,522 bushels of turnips, 3,457 bushels of barley, 2,203 acres of hay crops, 1,734 tons of hay, 1,565 bushels of spring wheat, 1,488 acres of potatoes, 1,373 bushels of buckwheat, 313 bushels of corn, 306 acres of wheat, 120 bushels of peas and beans, 86 bushels of other root crops, 30 bushels of rye, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 19,862 quintals of cod, 6,682 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,110 barrels of herring or alewives, 3,093 gallons of fish oil, 604 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 486 men on fishing boats, 340 barrels of mackerel, 311 fishing boats, 199 shoremen, 141 barrels of other fish, 15 barrels of gaspareaux, 11 barrels of trout, 3 barrels of eels, 3 barrels of halibut, 3 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 6,200 pounds of lobster canned, 4,538 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 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Juste Haché | 1823–1895 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,837 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:
NB036006— 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 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). "Caraquette, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/caraquette-nb036006-1881/.