Harcourt & Huskisson, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Name: Harcourt & Huskisson (1881)
Address: New Brunswick, CA

Harcourt & Huskisson was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.414°N, 65.443°W.

Population

In 1881, Harcourt & Huskisson had a population of 973: 525 male and 448 female residents.

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 contained Harcourt, 1871 (77.1% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Huskisson, 1871 (22.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Harcourt, 1891 (72.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained NO DATA, 1891 (22.9% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Harcourt & Huskisson shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 973 total population, 525 males, 448 females, 276 married persons, 168 families, 139 married males, 137 married females, 13 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 684 single persons under 18, 383 single males under 18, 301 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 162 occupied houses, 156 inhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 15,076 bushels of potatoes, 3,239 bushels of oats, 1,728 bushels of buckwheat, 950 bushels of spring wheat, 881 bushels of turnips, 677 acres of hay crops, 537 tons of hay, 128 acres of potatoes, 89 acres of wheat, 49 bushels of other root crops, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 bushels of rye, 18 bushels of barley, 14 bushels of corn, 8 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 15 fathoms of fishing nets, 2 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 973 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: NB034009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB034009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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). "Harcourt & Huskisson, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/harcourt-huskisson-nb034009-1881/.