Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Westmoreland
Dorchester, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Dorchester was a census subdivision in Westmoreland County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 6,582. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.982°N, 64.570°W.
Population
In 1881, Dorchester had a population of 6,582: 3,405 male and 3,177 female residents. Population density was 55.1 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, Dorchester shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 1,114 |
| Number of families | 1,114 |
| Number of females | 3,177 |
| Number of males | 3,405 |
| Number of married females | 1,023 |
| Number of married males | 1,036 |
| Number of married persons | 2,059 |
| Number of widowed females | 121 |
| Number of widowed males | 64 |
| Number of widowed persons | 185 |
| POP TOT | 6,582 |
| Total population | 6,582 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 2,033 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 2,305 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 4,338 |
Buildings & housing (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 8 |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary vessels | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 26 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 991 |
| Number of occupied houses | 1,003 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 49 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 7,489 |
| Acres of potatoes | 1,157 |
| Acres of wheat | 631 |
| BAR BU | 4,951 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 4,951 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 18,977 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 196 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 129 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 51,051 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 4,719 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 318 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 163,315 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 9,275 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 24,882 |
| BWT BU | 18,977 |
| CRN BU | 129 |
| HAY AC | 7,489 |
| HAY TONS | 11,953 |
| OAT BU | 51,051 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 318 |
| POT AC | 1,157 |
| POT BU | 163,315 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 11,953 |
| WHT AC | 631 |
| WHT SP BU | 9,275 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 652 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,181 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 11 |
| Number of fishing boats | 30 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 58 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 58 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 30 |
| C UNMD F | 2,033 |
| C UNMD M | 2,305 |
| C UNMD TOT | 4,338 |
| CD NAME | Westmoreland |
| D OCC | 1,003 |
| FEMALE | 3,177 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 11 |
| GRA BU | 196 |
| H CON | 26 |
| H INHAB | 991 |
| H UNINH | 49 |
| MALE | 3,405 |
| MD F | 1,023 |
| MD M | 1,036 |
| MD TOT | 2,059 |
| NET XX F | 7,181 |
| NUMBER CD | 33 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 4,719 |
| SHAN | 8 |
| SHD XB Q | 652 |
| TUR BU | 24,882 |
| VESS | 4 |
| WID F | 121 |
| WID M | 64 |
| WID TOT | 185 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB033001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB035002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Dorchester, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/dorchester-nb033001-1881/.