Grand Manan, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Grand Manan was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,397. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q54801369. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.696°N, 66.806°W.

Population

In 1891, Grand Manan had a population of 2,397: 1,246 male and 1,151 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,397 total population, 1,246 males, 1,151 females, 898 married persons, 493 families, 449 married females, 449 married males, 87 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,412 single persons under 18, 774 single males under 18, 638 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,396 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 487 occupied houses, 482 houses, 482 houses built of wood, 450 houses of 1 story, 246 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 5 rooms, 75 houses of 4 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 32 houses of 2 stories, 31 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 5 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,373 pounds of homemade butter, 15,916 acres of land in farms, 12,814 bushels of potatoes, 9,454 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,462 acres of improved land in farms, 6,128 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,131 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,821 bushels of turnips, 3,813 chickens, 2,296 acres of farmland under crops, 1,816 sheep, 1,686 tons of hay, 1,021 acres of hay crops, 755 sheep slaughtered or sold, 647 bushels of oats, 422 milk cows, 356 occupants of farms, 317 farm occupants who own their land, 254 other cattle, 178 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 160 cattle killed or sold, 146 horses aged over 3 years, 128 ducks, 119 swine slaughtered or sold, 118 acres of potatoes, 100 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 75 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 71 swine, 58 oxen, 46 bushels of beans, 45 geese, 38 farm occupants who rent their land, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 bushels of barley, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 acres of oats, 22 bushels of peas, 20 acres of turnips, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 turkeys, 9 bushels of buckwheat, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of barley, Capacity of silos (tons): 1, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB013005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q54801369
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Manan_(village)

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 Manan, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/grand-manan-nb013005-1891/.