Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Hardwicke was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365767. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.027°N, 65.021°W.

Population

In 1891, Hardwicke had a population of 1,170: 640 male and 530 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Hardwicke shared boundaries with:

• Carleton
• Glenelg

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 1,170 total population, 640 males, 530 females, 337 married persons, 203 families, 169 married males, 168 married females, 51 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 782 single persons under 18, 458 single males under 18, 324 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 904 persons who are not French Canadian, 266 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 occupied houses, 181 houses, 180 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 14 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 33,261 bushels of potatoes, 18,329 acres of land in farms, 15,789 pounds of homemade butter, 14,775 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,120 bushels of oats, 4,157 bushels of turnips, 3,554 acres of improved land in farms, 2,912 bushels of spring wheat, 2,806 acres of farmland under crops, 2,233 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,565 chickens, 1,019 tons of hay, 1,007 acres of hay crops, 848 sheep, 737 acres of farmland in pasture, 481 acres of oats, 401 milk cows, 341 other cattle, 253 sheep slaughtered or sold, 227 swine slaughtered or sold, 218 occupants of farms, 216 acres of potatoes, 211 farm occupants who own their land, 198 swine, 184 acres of wheat, 171 bushels of buckwheat, 151 cattle killed or sold, 138 horses aged over 3 years, 62 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 54 bushels of peas, 54 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of barley, 49 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 44 horses aged 3 years and under, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 oxen, 41 ducks, 35 bushels of beans, 26 acres of turnips, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 geese, 3 acres of barley, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB017007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB029007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365767
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwicke_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Hardwicke

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). "Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hardwicke-nb017007-1891/.