Harcourt, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Harcourt was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 233. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365761. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.373°N, 65.425°W.

Population

In 1871, Harcourt had a population of 233: 112 male and 121 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).

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 was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (1.7% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Harcourt & Huskisson, 1881 (77.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Harcourt shared boundaries with:

• Blackville
• Blissfield
• Brunswick
• Chipman
• Huskisson
• Moncton
• Salisbury
• St. Mary's
• Waterborough
• Weldford

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 18 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 233 total population, 121 females, 112 males, 58 married persons, 40 families, 29 married females, 29 married males, 6 widowed persons, 5 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 169 single persons under 18, 87 single females under 18, 82 single males under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 40 occupied houses, 35 inhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 290,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB185008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB026004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365761
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harcourt_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Harcourt

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1871 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, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/harcourt-nb185008-1871/.