Carleton, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Carleton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,232. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365796. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.880°N, 65.007°W.
Population
In 1881, Carleton had a population of 1,232: 646 male and 586 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,071 |
| 1881 | 1,232 |
| 1891 | 1,180 |
| 1901 | 1,132 |
| 1911 | 1,139 |
| 1921 | 1,207 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Carleton, 1871 (57.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,232 total population, 646 males, 586 females, 352 married persons, 215 families, 177 married males, 175 married females, 52 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 828 single persons under 18, 445 single males under 18, 383 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 214 occupied houses, 202 inhabited houses, 12 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 41,540 bushels of potatoes, 14,535 bushels of oats, 2,138 bushels of spring wheat, 1,724 bushels of turnips, 1,035 bushels of buckwheat, 843 tons of hay, 662 acres of hay crops, 302 acres of potatoes, 190 acres of wheat, 170 bushels of barley, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 95 bushels of other root crops, 29 bushels of peas and beans, 20 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,458 fathoms of fishing nets, 324 barrels of mackerel, 263 barrels of other fish, 192 barrels of salmon, 112 barrels of herring or alewives, 50 men on fishing boats, 36 fishing boats, 19 quintals of cod, 15 barrels of gaspareaux, 12 barrels of eels, 6 barrels of trout, 4 gallons of fish oil, 1 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of sardines, 5 barrels of shad, 20 pounds of lobster canned, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Richard O’Leary | 1865–1932 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,232 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:
NB034001— 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 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). "Carleton, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/carleton-nb034001-1881/.