Gladstone, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Gladstone was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,034. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5566340. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.628°N, 66.726°W.

Population

In 1881, Gladstone had a population of 1,034: 545 male and 489 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 Blissville, 1871 (57.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Gladstone shared boundaries with:

• Blissville
• Clarendon
• Dumbarton
• Lincoln
• New Maryland
• St. George, Town—Ville

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,034 total population, 545 males, 489 females, 313 married persons, 186 families, 159 married females, 154 married males, 36 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 685 single persons under 18, 377 single males under 18, 308 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 182 inhabited houses, 182 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,475 bushels of potatoes, 6,519 bushels of oats, 5,671 bushels of buckwheat, 2,439 bushels of turnips, 2,055 bushels of spring wheat, 1,861 tons of hay, 1,513 acres of hay crops, 273 acres of potatoes, 173 bushels of other root crops, 161 acres of wheat, 119 bushels of peas and beans, 116 bushels of barley, 87 bushels of rye, 69 bushels of corn, 6 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 1,034 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: NB029002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB033003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q5566340
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Gladstone

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). "Gladstone, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/gladstone-nb029002-1881/.