Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Hardwicke was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,085. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365767. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.027°N, 65.021°W.
Population
In 1881, Hardwicke had a population of 1,085: 572 male and 513 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,003 |
| 1881 | 1,085 |
| 1891 | 1,170 |
| 1901 | 1,299 |
| 1911 | 1,476 |
| 1921 | 1,787 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Hardwicke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,085 total population, 572 males, 513 females, 314 married persons, 188 families, 157 married females, 157 married males, 47 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 724 single persons under 18, 402 single males under 18, 322 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 164 inhabited houses, 164 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 43,996 bushels of potatoes, 11,652 bushels of oats, 4,483 bushels of turnips, 1,421 bushels of spring wheat, 1,061 tons of hay, 870 acres of hay crops, 493 bushels of barley, 347 bushels of buckwheat, 217 acres of potatoes, 170 bushels of peas and beans, 163 acres of wheat, 92 bushels of other root crops, 13 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 9,156 fathoms of fishing nets, 794 barrels of other fish, 439 barrels of herring or alewives, 280 barrels of salmon, 127 barrels of mackerel, 121 barrels of gaspareaux, 78 quintals of fascines fish, 67 men on fishing boats, 64 fishing boats, 55 quintals of cod, 6 barrels of trout, 3 barrels of eels, 3 shoremen, 2 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 5 barrels of shad, 86,800 pounds of lobster canned, 1,434 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,085 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:
NB035012— 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 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). "Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hardwicke-nb035012-1881/.