Gordon, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Gordon was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,670. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5585639. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.836°N, 67.192°W.
Population
In 1911, Gordon had a population of 1,670: 1,022 male and 648 female residents. Population density was 3.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 645 |
| 1881 | 747 |
| 1891 | 743 |
| 1901 | 868 |
| 1911 | 1,670 |
| 1921 | 2,031 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Gordon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 331,008 area in acres, 1,670 total population, 1,022 males in the population, 648 females in the population, 567 single (never-married) males, 517.20 area in square miles, 364 single (never-married) females, 292 married males, 281 families, 274 married females, 136 males with marital status not given, 26 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 3.23 population per square mile, 1 legally separated males. 868 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 725 persons of British origin (English), 347 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 271 persons of British origin (Irish), 52 persons of Bulgarian or Romanian origin, 49 persons of Italian origin, 45 persons of Dutch origin, 43 persons of French origin, 26 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 13 persons of Scandinavian origin, 8 persons of German origin, 5 persons of British origin (other). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 666 Baptists, 304 Presbyterians, 276 Anglicans (Church of England), 182 Roman Catholics, 93 Methodists, 86 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 24 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 280 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB034004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB034003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5585639
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Gordon
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Gordon, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/gordon-nb034004-1911/.