Durham, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Durham was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,973. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365814. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.764°N, 66.037°W.

Population

In 1891, Durham had a population of 1,973: 1,016 male and 957 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Durham shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Beresford
• Colborne

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,973 total population, 1,016 males, 957 females, 566 married persons, 324 families, 283 married females, 283 married males, 55 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,352 single persons under 18, 711 single males under 18, 641 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,150 persons who are not French Canadian, 823 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 322 occupied houses, 303 houses, 303 houses built of wood, 293 houses of 1 story, 83 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 80 houses of 2 rooms, 78 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 19 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,370 bushels of potatoes, 46,981 pounds of homemade butter, 30,362 bushels of oats, 29,510 acres of land in farms, 23,120 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,390 acres of improved land in farms, 5,875 bushels of turnips, 4,863 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,722 acres of farmland under crops, 3,289 chickens, 2,611 tons of hay, 2,416 bushels of buckwheat, 2,029 acres of hay crops, 2,005 bushels of spring wheat, 1,659 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,428 acres of oats, 1,419 sheep, 1,000 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 835 sheep slaughtered or sold, 667 milk cows, 549 acres of potatoes, 441 bushels of peas, 409 other cattle, 400 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 326 swine slaughtered or sold, 302 horses aged over 3 years, 302 swine, 276 occupants of farms, 272 cattle killed or sold, 271 farm occupants who own their land, 197 bushels of barley, 195 geese, 151 acres of wheat, 136 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 63 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 52 acres of turnips, 52 ducks, 14 acres of barley, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 other fowl, 8 turkeys, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB019004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB031005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365814
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Durham

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). "Durham, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/durham-nb019004-1891/.