Dundas, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Dundas was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,383. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365816. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.321°N, 64.676°W.
Population
In 1881, Dundas had a population of 3,383: 1,760 male and 1,623 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,347 |
| 1881 | 3,383 |
| 1891 | 3,294 |
| 1901 | 3,453 |
| 1911 | 3,281 |
| 1921 | 3,389 |
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, Dundas 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 3,383 total population, 1,760 males, 1,623 females, 1,040 married persons, 526 families, 520 married females, 520 married males, 99 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 39 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,244 single persons under 18, 1,201 single males under 18, 1,043 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 509 occupied houses, 508 inhabited houses, 55 uninhabited houses, 17 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 158,389 bushels of potatoes, 38,842 bushels of oats, 10,820 bushels of buckwheat, 10,355 bushels of spring wheat, 8,545 bushels of turnips, 2,996 acres of hay crops, 2,783 tons of hay, 2,077 bushels of barley, 1,080 acres of potatoes, 1,068 acres of wheat, 437 bushels of rye, 222 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 149 bushels of corn, 130 bushels of other root crops, 78 bushels of peas and beans, 23 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,522 fathoms of fishing nets, 633 barrels of herring or alewives, 629 barrels of mackerel, 183 men on fishing boats, 141 fishing boats, 100 barrels of other fish, 90 gallons of fish oil, 30 barrels of gaspareaux, 18 barrels of eels, 15 quintals of cod, 4 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 223,500 pounds of lobster canned, 605 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,383 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:
NB034008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365816
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas_Parish
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Dundas
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). "Dundas, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/dundas-nb034008-1881/.