Durham, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Durham was a census subdivision in Restigouche County, 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 density was 6.1 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Durham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 278 |
| Number of families | 278 |
| Number of females | 891 |
| Number of males | 892 |
| Number of married females | 221 |
| Number of married males | 222 |
| Number of married persons | 443 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 25 |
| Number of widowed persons | 68 |
| POP TOT | 1,783 |
| Total population | 1,783 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 627 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 645 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,272 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 278 |
| Number of occupied houses | 278 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 18 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,403 |
| Acres of potatoes | 479 |
| Acres of wheat | 318 |
| BAR BU | 704 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 704 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,518 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 29,920 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 58 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 255 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 81,686 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,770 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,455 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 9 |
| BWT BU | 3,518 |
| CRN BU | 7 |
| HAY AC | 1,403 |
| HAY TONS | 1,603 |
| OAT BU | 29,920 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 255 |
| POT AC | 479 |
| POT BU | 81,686 |
| RYE BU | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,603 |
| WHT AC | 318 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,770 |
| WHT WTR BU | 9 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 713 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 261 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 236 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 139 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 5,479 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 7 |
| Number of fishing boats | 64 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 70 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 23,400 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 332 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 713 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 70 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 64 |
| C UNMD F | 627 |
| C UNMD M | 645 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,272 |
| CD NAME | Restigouche |
| COD DX K | 332 |
| D OCC | 278 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 891 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 7 |
| GRA BU | 21 |
| H CON | 12 |
| H INHAB | 278 |
| H UNINH | 18 |
| HAD DX K | 4 |
| LOB XC P | 23,400 |
| MALE | 892 |
| MCK XB Q | 261 |
| MD F | 221 |
| MD M | 222 |
| MD TOT | 443 |
| NET XX F | 5,479 |
| NUMBER CD | 37 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 236 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 58 |
| SLM XB Q | 139 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 6,455 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 1 |
| WID F | 43 |
| WID M | 25 |
| WID TOT | 68 |
Identifiers
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/.