Dalhousie, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Dalhousie was a census subdivision in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,353. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365804. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.761°N, 66.512°W.
Population
In 1881, Dalhousie had a population of 2,353: 1,228 male and 1,125 female residents. Population density was 4.6 people per square mile.
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 1881
In the 1881 census, Dalhousie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 384 |
| Number of families | 384 |
| Number of females | 1,125 |
| Number of males | 1,228 |
| Number of married females | 323 |
| Number of married males | 322 |
| Number of married persons | 645 |
| Number of widowed females | 53 |
| Number of widowed males | 32 |
| Number of widowed persons | 85 |
| POP TOT | 2,353 |
| Total population | 2,353 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 749 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 874 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,623 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 372 |
| Number of occupied houses | 380 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,730 |
| Acres of potatoes | 384 |
| Acres of wheat | 188 |
| BAR BU | 2,020 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,020 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 6,585 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 17,675 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 889 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 329 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 43,379 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 52 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,613 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 9,814 |
| BWT BU | 6,585 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 1,730 |
| HAY TONS | 2,200 |
| OAT BU | 17,675 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 329 |
| POT AC | 384 |
| POT BU | 43,379 |
| RYE BU | 52 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,200 |
| WHT AC | 188 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,613 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 4 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 98 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 18 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 246 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,263 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 4 |
| Number of fishing boats | 68 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 85 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 252,400 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 98 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 85 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 68 |
| C UNMD F | 749 |
| C UNMD M | 874 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,623 |
| CD NAME | Restigouche |
| COD DX K | 4 |
| D OCC | 380 |
| EEL XB Q | 6 |
| FEMALE | 1,125 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 4 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| GSP XB Q | 4 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 372 |
| H UNINH | 16 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| LOB XC P | 252,400 |
| MALE | 1,228 |
| MCK XB Q | 18 |
| MD F | 323 |
| MD M | 322 |
| MD TOT | 645 |
| NET XX F | 6,263 |
| NUMBER CD | 37 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 15 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 889 |
| SHAN | 8 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 246 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 9,814 |
| WID F | 53 |
| WID M | 32 |
| WID TOT | 85 |
Identifiers
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). "Dalhousie, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/dalhousie-nb037003-1881/.