Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Grand Falls was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,400. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q5594542. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.925°N, 67.746°W.
Population
In 1911, Grand Falls had a population of 1,400: 770 male and 630 female residents. Population density was 19.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 1,400 |
| 1921 | 1,586 |
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, Grand Falls shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 46,080 area in acres, 1,400 total population, 770 males in the population, 630 females in the population, 531 single (never-married) males, 385 single (never-married) females, 249 families, 220 married females, 219 married males, 72 area in square miles, 25 widowed females, 19.44 population per square mile, 19 widowed males, 1 legally separated males. 1,897 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 559 persons of British origin (English), 525 persons of British origin (Irish), 164 persons of French origin, 142 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 8 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 580 Roman Catholics, 468 Baptists, 324 Anglicans (Church of England), 17 Methodists, 5 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 4 Presbyterians, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 249 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB034005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB034004— 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 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). "Grand Falls, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/grand-falls-nb034005-1911/.