Eldon, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Eldon was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 109. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365757. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.728°N, 67.499°W.

Population

In 1871, Eldon had a population of 109: 55 male and 54 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (6.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Eldon shared boundaries with:

• Addington
• Madawaska
• Matapédia
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Northesk
• Restigouche
• Saint Leonard’s
• St. Bazile

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 109 total population, 55 males, 54 females, 30 married persons, 22 families, 15 married females, 15 married males, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed persons. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 77 single persons under 18, 40 single males under 18, 37 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 20 occupied houses, 13 inhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 919,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB182001 — 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/eldon-nb182001-1871/.