Gagetown, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Gagetown was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,177. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5516859. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.745°N, 66.249°W.

Population

In 1881, Gagetown had a population of 1,177: 599 male and 578 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, Gagetown shared boundaries with:

• Blissville
• Burton
• Hampstead
• Petersville

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,177 total population, 599 males, 578 females, 361 married persons, 210 families, 181 married males, 180 married females, 52 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 764 single persons under 18, 401 single males under 18, 363 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 194 occupied houses, 191 inhabited houses, 10 uninhabited houses, 3 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 34,990 bushels of potatoes, 14,419 bushels of buckwheat, 9,644 bushels of oats, 3,339 tons of hay, 2,835 acres of hay crops, 2,131 bushels of turnips, 1,272 bushels of spring wheat, 601 bushels of other root crops, 340 bushels of corn, 280 acres of potatoes, 259 bushels of rye, 212 bushels of peas and beans, 100 acres of wheat, 12 bushels of barley, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,177 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: NB028002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB030005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5516859
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagetown_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Gagetown

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). "Gagetown, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/gagetown-nb028002-1881/.