Carleton, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Carleton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,180. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365796. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.880°N, 65.007°W.

Population

In 1891, Carleton had a population of 1,180: 631 male and 549 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:

• Acadieville
• Glenelg
• Hardwicke
• St. Louis

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 1,180 total population, 631 males, 549 females, 352 married persons, 198 families, 177 married females, 175 married males, 35 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 793 single persons under 18, 442 single males under 18, 351 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 666 persons who are not French Canadian, 514 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 191 houses, 191 houses built of wood, 191 occupied houses, 128 houses of 1 story, 73 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 2 stories, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,009 bushels of potatoes, 17,934 acres of land in farms, 13,220 pounds of homemade butter, 13,118 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,517 bushels of oats, 4,816 acres of improved land in farms, 3,017 acres of farmland under crops, 2,705 bushels of turnips, 2,298 chickens, 2,208 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,839 bushels of spring wheat, 1,765 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,028 tons of hay, 966 acres of hay crops, 816 bushels of buckwheat, 773 sheep, 560 acres of oats, 334 swine, 316 milk cows, 297 other cattle, 230 acres of potatoes, 225 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 216 swine slaughtered or sold, 211 geese, 194 sheep slaughtered or sold, 177 occupants of farms, 164 ducks, 158 farm occupants who own their land, 148 acres of wheat, 124 cattle killed or sold, 124 horses aged over 3 years, 122 bushels of barley, 107 turkeys, 77 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 38 bushels of peas, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 oxen, 23 acres of turnips, 20 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 bushels of corn, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 9 bushels of beans, 8 bushels of rye, 7 acres of barley, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 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: NB015002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB026002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365796
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Carleton

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). "Carleton, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/carleton-nb015002-1891/.