Eldon, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Eldon was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 154. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.728°N, 67.499°W.

Population

In 1881, Eldon had a population of 154: 87 male and 67 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Eldon shared boundaries with:

• Addington
• Drummond
• Lorne
• Matapédia
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• NO DATA
• North Esk
• Restigouche, Township
• St. Bazile
• St. Jacques
• St. Laurent
• Ste. Anne

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 154 total population, 87 males, 67 females, 45 married persons, 33 families, 25 married males, 20 married females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 109 single persons under 18, 62 single males under 18, 47 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 33 occupied houses, 22 inhabited houses, 11 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,224 bushels of potatoes, 1,005 bushels of oats, 983 bushels of turnips, 626 bushels of buckwheat, 217 tons of hay, 150 bushels of spring wheat, 108 acres of hay crops, 27 acres of potatoes, 27 bushels of other root crops, 22 bushels of peas and beans, 17 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of barley. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 130 fathoms of fishing nets, 16 barrels of salmon, 8 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 154 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: NB037001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB031006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365757
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Eldon

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). "Eldon, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/eldon-nb037001-1881/.