Dufferin, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Dufferin was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 334. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365809. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.179°N, 67.213°W.
Population
In 1891, Dufferin had a population of 334: 164 male and 170 female residents. Population density was 66.3 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Dufferin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 131 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 70 |
| Number of families | 70 |
| Number of females | 170 |
| Number of males | 164 |
| Number of married females | 57 |
| Number of married males | 56 |
| Number of married persons | 113 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 29 |
| POP F | 170 |
| POP M | 164 |
| POP TOT | 334 |
| Total population | 334 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 93 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 99 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 192 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 334 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 70 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 70 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 64 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 48 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 70 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (45 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 8 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 39 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 888 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 595 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 707 |
| Acres of hay crops | 459 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,634 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,229 |
| Acres of oats | 23 |
| Acres of potatoes | 19 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| BAR AC | 8 |
| BAR BU | 184 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 184 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 540 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,415 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,210 |
| HAY AC | 459 |
| HAY TONS | 531 |
| Number of chickens | 838 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 53 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 5 |
| Number of geese | 3 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 9 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 47 |
| Number of milk cows | 93 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 58 |
| Number of other cattle | 48 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 21 |
| Number of sheep | 39 |
| Number of swine | 20 |
| OAT AC | 23 |
| OAT BU | 540 |
| PEA BU | 11 |
| POT AC | 19 |
| POT BU | 2,415 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 187 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 11,660 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 531 |
Other recorded variables (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 22 |
| A 51 100 | 11 |
| BEN BU | 40 |
| BUTTER LB | 11,660 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 93 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 99 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 192 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 187 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 9 |
| FAMILIES | 70 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 3 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 838 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 47 |
| HOUSES | 70 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 12 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 64 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 48 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 9 |
| HOUSES W | 70 |
| INF 11 A | 21 |
| MD FEM | 57 |
| MD MALE | 56 |
| MD TOT | 113 |
| MILK COWS | 93 |
| NAME CD | Charlotte |
| OC F | 5 |
| OC P | 53 |
| OC TOT | 58 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 48 |
| OTHERS | 334 |
| SHEEP | 39 |
| SUP AM | 1,634 |
| SUP FOR | 595 |
| SUP JV | 39 |
| SUP PAT | 888 |
| SUP SC | 707 |
| SUP TOT | 2,229 |
| SWINE | 20 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 70 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 1,210 |
| WID FEM | 20 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 29 |
Identifiers
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). "Dufferin, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/dufferin-nb013003-1891/.