Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
Eldon & Restigouche River, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Eldon & Restigouche River was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.728°N, 67.499°W.
Population
In 1891, Eldon & Restigouche River had a population of 151: 84 male and 67 female residents. Population density was 0.1 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 1891
In the 1891 census, Eldon & Restigouche River shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 129 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 30 |
| Number of families | 30 |
| Number of females | 67 |
| Number of males | 84 |
| Number of married females | 24 |
| Number of married males | 24 |
| Number of married persons | 48 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 1 |
| POP F | 67 |
| POP M | 84 |
| POP TOT | 151 |
| Total population | 151 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 42 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 60 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 102 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 5 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 146 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 4 |
| Number of houses | 22 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 22 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 22 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 26 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (43 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 223 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,423 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 288 |
| Acres of hay crops | 186 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 515 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,938 |
| Acres of oats | 50 |
| Acres of potatoes | 28 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 740 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,520 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,734 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 838 |
| BWT BU | 740 |
| HAY AC | 186 |
| HAY TONS | 371 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 21 |
| Number of chickens | 298 |
| Number of ducks | 9 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 25 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 7 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 32 |
| Number of milk cows | 72 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 27 |
| Number of other cattle | 50 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 17 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of sheep | 164 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 83 |
| Number of swine | 23 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 25 |
| Number of turkeys | 1 |
| OAT AC | 50 |
| OAT BU | 1,520 |
| POT AC | 28 |
| POT BU | 1,734 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 649 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 7,150 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 371 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 7 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 17 |
| BUTTER LB | 7,150 |
| CATTLE KS | 21 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 42 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 60 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 102 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 649 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 9 |
| FAMILIES | 30 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FRN CA | 5 |
| GEESE | 7 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 298 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 32 |
| HOUSES | 22 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 22 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 4 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 22 |
| MD FEM | 24 |
| MD MALE | 24 |
| MD TOT | 48 |
| MILK COWS | 72 |
| NAME CD | Restigouche |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 25 |
| OC TOT | 27 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 50 |
| OTHERS | 146 |
| SHEEP | 164 |
| SHEEP KS | 83 |
| SUP AM | 515 |
| SUP FOR | 3,423 |
| SUP JV | 4 |
| SUP PAT | 223 |
| SUP SC | 288 |
| SUP TOT | 3,938 |
| SWINE | 23 |
| SWINE KS | 25 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 26 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 838 |
| TURKEY | 1 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 4 |
| WID FEM | 1 |
| WID MALE | 0 |
| WID TOT | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB019005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB031006 — 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 1891 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 & Restigouche River, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/eldon-restigouche-river-nb019005-1891/.