Douglas, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Douglas was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,528. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365810. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.275°N, 66.935°W.

Population

In 1901, Douglas had a population of 2,528: 1,348 male and 1,180 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Douglas shared boundaries with:

• Aberdeen
• Bright
• Brighton
• Kent
• Kingsclear
• St. Marys
• Stanley

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,528 total population, 1,348 males, 1,180 females, 871 single males, 678 single females, 459 families, 433 married females, 427 married males, 69 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 451 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 363,622 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB025003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB036003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365810
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Douglas

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Douglas, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/douglas-nb025003-1901/.