Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Gloucester
Caraquette, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Caraquette was a township in Gloucester County, New Brunswick (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,837. 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 104 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 585 |
| Number of families | 585 |
| Number of females | 1,848 |
| Number of males | 1,989 |
| Number of married females | 534 |
| Number of married males | 542 |
| Number of married persons | 1,076 |
| Number of widowed females | 66 |
| Number of widowed males | 49 |
| Number of widowed persons | 115 |
| POP TOT | 3,837 |
| Total population | 3,837 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,248 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,398 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,646 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 36 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 513 |
| Number of occupied houses | 514 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 26 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,203 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,488 |
| Acres of wheat | 306 |
| BAR BU | 3,457 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,457 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,373 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 313 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 12,010 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 86 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 120 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 152,427 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,565 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,522 |
| BWT BU | 1,373 |
| CRN BU | 313 |
| HAY AC | 2,203 |
| HAY TONS | 1,734 |
| OAT BU | 12,010 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 120 |
| POT AC | 1,488 |
| POT BU | 152,427 |
| RYE BU | 30 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,734 |
| WHT AC | 306 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,565 |
Fisheries (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 5,110 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 340 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 141 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 4,538 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 11 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,682 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 3,093 |
| Number of fishing boats | 311 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 486 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of shoremen | 199 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 6,200 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 19,862 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 604 |
Other recorded variables (39 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 5,110 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 486 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 311 |
| C UNMD F | 1,248 |
| C UNMD M | 1,398 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,646 |
| CD NAME | Gloucester |
| COD DX K | 19,862 |
| D OCC | 514 |
| EEL XB Q | 3 |
| FEMALE | 1,848 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 3,093 |
| GRA BU | 26 |
| GSP XB Q | 15 |
| H CON | 36 |
| H INHAB | 513 |
| H UNINH | 26 |
| HAD DX K | 604 |
| HAL XB Q | 3 |
| LOB XC P | 6,200 |
| MALE | 1,989 |
| MCK XB Q | 340 |
| MD F | 534 |
| MD M | 542 |
| MD TOT | 1,076 |
| NET XX F | 6,682 |
| NUMBER CD | 36 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 141 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 86 |
| OYS XB Q | 4,538 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 199 |
| TRT XB Q | 11 |
| TUR BU | 3,522 |
| VESS | 1 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 66 |
| WID M | 49 |
| WID TOT | 115 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.