Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Grand Falls was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,597. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5594542. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.927°N, 67.747°W.
Population
In 1891, Grand Falls had a population of 1,597: 878 male and 719 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,534 |
| 1891 | 1,597 |
| 1901 | 1,897 |
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, Grand Falls shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,597 total population, 878 males, 719 females, 486 married persons, 315 families, 243 married females, 243 married males, 68 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,043 single persons under 18, 606 single males under 18, 437 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,580 persons who are not French Canadian, 17 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 288 occupied houses, 287 houses, 287 houses built of wood, 254 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 57 houses of 4 rooms, 42 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 1 room, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,288 pounds of homemade butter, 36,389 bushels of oats, 26,569 acres of land in farms, 26,434 bushels of potatoes, 17,723 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,642 bushels of buckwheat, 8,846 acres of improved land in farms, 6,799 acres of farmland under crops, 4,036 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,943 chickens, 2,064 tons of hay, 2,016 acres of hay crops, 1,986 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,471 acres of oats, 1,046 bushels of spring wheat, 971 bushels of turnips, 871 sheep, 833 sheep slaughtered or sold, 581 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 531 milk cows, 404 other cattle, 393 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 353 cattle killed or sold, 295 occupants of farms, 282 horses aged over 3 years, 276 swine slaughtered or sold, 256 farm occupants who own their land, 236 swine, 231 acres of potatoes, 192 bushels of barley, 143 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 141 bushels of peas, 98 geese, 86 bushels of beans, 79 turkeys, 70 acres of wheat, 67 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 oxen, 44 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 39 farm occupants who rent their land, 36 ducks, 32 bushels of winter wheat, 30 bushels of corn, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 25 other fowl, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 acres of barley, 13 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB023004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB023004_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q5594542
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Falls_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Grand-Sault
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). "Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/grand-falls-nb023004-1891/.