Elgin, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Elgin was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,768. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5360046. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.806°N, 65.033°W.

Population

In 1871, Elgin had a population of 1,768: 952 male and 816 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 (0.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Elgin shared boundaries with:

• Alma
• Coverdale
• Harvey
• Hillsborough
• Salisbury
• Sussex

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,768 total population, 952 males, 816 females, 498 married persons, 297 families, 249 married females, 249 married males, 24 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,246 single persons under 18, 694 single males under 18, 552 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 285 inhabited houses, 285 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 122,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB187006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB022003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5360046
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Elgin

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). "Elgin, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/elgin-nb187006-1871/.