Durham, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Durham was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,783. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365814. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.764°N, 66.037°W.
Population
In 1881, Durham had a population of 1,783: 892 male and 891 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,352 |
| 1881 | 1,783 |
| 1891 | 1,973 |
| 1901 | 2,209 |
| 1911 | 2,813 |
| 1921 | 3,038 |
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, Durham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,783 total population, 892 males, 891 females, 443 married persons, 278 families, 222 married males, 221 married females, 68 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,272 single persons under 18, 645 single males under 18, 627 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 278 inhabited houses, 278 occupied houses, 18 uninhabited houses, 12 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 81,686 bushels of potatoes, 29,920 bushels of oats, 6,455 bushels of turnips, 5,770 bushels of spring wheat, 3,518 bushels of buckwheat, 1,603 tons of hay, 1,403 acres of hay crops, 704 bushels of barley, 479 acres of potatoes, 318 acres of wheat, 255 bushels of peas and beans, 58 bushels of other root crops, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 bushels of winter wheat, 7 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 5,479 fathoms of fishing nets, 713 barrels of herring or alewives, 332 quintals of cod, 261 barrels of mackerel, 236 barrels of other fish, 139 barrels of salmon, 70 men on fishing boats, 64 fishing boats, 7 gallons of fish oil, 4 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2 quintals of fascines fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of whitefish, 23,400 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,784 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:
NB037005— 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 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). "Durham, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/durham-nb037005-1881/.