Cardwell, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Cardwell was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,217. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2402119. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.785°N, 65.304°W.
Population
In 1891, Cardwell had a population of 1,217: 622 male and 595 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,413 |
| 1891 | 1,217 |
| 1901 | 1,115 |
| 1911 | 966 |
| 1921 | 925 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Cardwell shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,217 total population, 622 males, 595 females, 386 married persons, 232 families, 193 married females, 193 married males, 58 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 773 single persons under 18, 407 single males under 18, 366 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,217 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 222 occupied houses, 221 houses, 220 houses built of wood, 198 houses of 1 story, 103 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 2 stories, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,790 pounds of homemade butter, 35,556 acres of land in farms, 33,766 bushels of potatoes, 23,933 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,905 bushels of oats, 11,623 acres of improved land in farms, 11,484 bushels of buckwheat, 7,898 acres of farmland under crops, 6,500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,043 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,777 bushels of turnips, 3,718 acres of hay crops, 3,690 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,409 tons of hay, 2,384 chickens, 1,114 acres of oats, 1,019 sheep, 868 milk cows, 842 other cattle, 669 swine slaughtered or sold, 605 bushels of spring wheat, 473 bushels of barley, 434 sheep slaughtered or sold, 379 swine, 368 cattle killed or sold, 266 horses aged over 3 years, 263 acres of potatoes, 173 occupants of farms, 163 geese, 156 farm occupants who own their land, 154 turkeys, 88 horses aged 3 years and under, 76 bushels of peas, 57 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 52 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 ducks, 37 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 acres of wheat, 25 acres of barley, 17 acres of turnips, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 oxen, 12 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 other fowl, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB016001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB027001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2402119
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardwell_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Cardwell
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). "Cardwell, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/cardwell-nb016001-1891/.