Chatham, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Chatham was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,644. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365797. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.021°N, 65.445°W.

Population

In 1891, Chatham had a population of 5,644: 2,834 male and 2,810 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, Chatham shared boundaries with:

• Glenelg
• Nelson

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,644 total population, 2,834 males, 2,810 females, 1,632 married persons, 1,058 families, 819 married females, 813 married males, 266 widowed persons, 178 widowed females, 88 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,746 single persons under 18, 1,933 single males under 18, 1,813 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,455 persons who are not French Canadian, 189 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 940 houses, 940 occupied houses, 935 houses built of wood, 788 houses of 1 story, 489 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 149 houses of 4 rooms, 147 houses of 2 stories, 114 houses of 5 rooms, 87 houses of 3 rooms, 55 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses under construction, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,014 bushels of potatoes, 25,309 pounds of homemade butter, 19,750 acres of land in farms, 17,943 bushels of oats, 12,893 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,857 acres of improved land in farms, 5,384 chickens, 5,169 acres of farmland under crops, 2,884 tons of hay, 2,609 bushels of turnips, 2,571 bushels of spring wheat, 2,512 acres of hay crops, 1,709 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,656 acres of farmland in pasture, 911 acres of oats, 737 milk cows, 469 swine slaughtered or sold, 446 sheep, 445 bushels of buckwheat, 392 horses aged over 3 years, 376 other cattle, 344 swine, 324 occupants of farms, 312 cattle killed or sold, 306 farm occupants who own their land, 283 sheep slaughtered or sold, 279 acres of potatoes, 225 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 175 acres of wheat, 155 bushels of barley, 106 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 98 bushels of peas, 96 ducks, 92 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 82 bushels of beans, 82 horses aged 3 years and under, 57 acres of turnips, 33 turkeys, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 geese, 25 other fowl, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of barley, 5 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 2, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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: NB017004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB019004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365797
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Chatham

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). "Chatham, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/chatham-nb017004-1891/.