Dalhousie, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Dalhousie was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,067 |
| 1881 | 2,353 |
| 1891 | 2,532 |
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 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,353 total population, 1,228 males, 1,125 females, 645 married persons, 384 families, 323 married females, 322 married males, 85 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 32 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,623 single persons under 18, 874 single males under 18, 749 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 380 occupied houses, 372 inhabited houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 43,379 bushels of potatoes, 17,675 bushels of oats, 9,814 bushels of turnips, 6,585 bushels of buckwheat, 2,613 bushels of spring wheat, 2,200 tons of hay, 2,020 bushels of barley, 1,730 acres of hay crops, 889 bushels of other root crops, 384 acres of potatoes, 329 bushels of peas and beans, 188 acres of wheat, 52 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,263 fathoms of fishing nets, 246 barrels of salmon, 98 barrels of herring or alewives, 85 men on fishing boats, 68 fishing boats, 18 barrels of mackerel, 15 barrels of other fish, 6 barrels of eels, 4 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 gallons of fish oil, 4 quintals of cod, 2 barrels of trout, 2 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad, 252,400 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,353 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:
NB037003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB019003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365804
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalhousie_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Dalhousie
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/.