Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Restigouche
Eldon, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Eldon was a census subdivision in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 154. 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 density was 0.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|
| 1871 | 109 |
| 1881 | 154 |
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:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 58 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 33 |
| Number of families | 33 |
| Number of females | 67 |
| Number of males | 87 |
| Number of married females | 20 |
| Number of married males | 25 |
| Number of married persons | 45 |
| POP TOT | 154 |
| Total population | 154 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 47 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 62 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 109 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 11 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 22 |
| Number of occupied houses | 33 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 108 |
| Acres of potatoes | 27 |
| Acres of wheat | 17 |
| BAR BU | 2 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 626 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,005 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,224 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 150 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 983 |
| BWT BU | 626 |
| HAY AC | 108 |
| HAY TONS | 217 |
| OAT BU | 1,005 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 22 |
| POT AC | 27 |
| POT BU | 2,224 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 217 |
| WHT AC | 17 |
| WHT SP BU | 150 |
Fisheries (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 16 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 8 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 130 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 47 |
| C UNMD M | 62 |
| C UNMD TOT | 109 |
| CD NAME | Restigouche |
| D OCC | 33 |
| FEMALE | 67 |
| H INHAB | 22 |
| MALE | 87 |
| MD F | 20 |
| MD M | 25 |
| MD TOT | 45 |
| NET XX F | 130 |
| NUMBER CD | 37 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 27 |
| SHAN | 11 |
| SLM XB Q | 16 |
| TRT XB Q | 8 |
| TUR BU | 983 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB037001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB037001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.