Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Hardwicke was a census subdivision in Northumberland County, 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 density was 10.6 people per square mile.
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 1881
In the 1881 census, Hardwicke shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 188 |
| Number of families | 188 |
| Number of females | 513 |
| Number of males | 572 |
| Number of married females | 157 |
| Number of married males | 157 |
| Number of married persons | 314 |
| Number of widowed females | 34 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP TOT | 1,085 |
| Total population | 1,085 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 322 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 402 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 724 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 164 |
| Number of occupied houses | 164 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 870 |
| Acres of potatoes | 217 |
| Acres of wheat | 163 |
| BAR BU | 493 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 493 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 347 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 11,652 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 92 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 170 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 43,996 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,421 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,483 |
| BWT BU | 347 |
| CRN BU | 13 |
| HAY AC | 870 |
| HAY TONS | 1,061 |
| OAT BU | 11,652 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 170 |
| POT AC | 217 |
| POT BU | 43,996 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,061 |
| WHT AC | 163 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,421 |
Fisheries (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 121 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 439 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 127 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 794 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 1,434 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 280 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 9,156 |
| Number of fishing boats | 64 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 67 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 2 |
| Number of shoremen | 3 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 86,800 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 55 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 78 |
Other recorded variables (37 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 439 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 67 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 64 |
| C UNMD F | 322 |
| C UNMD M | 402 |
| C UNMD TOT | 724 |
| CD NAME | Northumberland |
| COD DX K | 55 |
| D OCC | 164 |
| EEL XB Q | 3 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 78 |
| FEMALE | 513 |
| GSP XB Q | 121 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 164 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| LOB XC P | 86,800 |
| MALE | 572 |
| MCK XB Q | 127 |
| MD F | 157 |
| MD M | 157 |
| MD TOT | 314 |
| NET XX F | 9,156 |
| NUMBER CD | 35 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 794 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 92 |
| OYS XB Q | 1,434 |
| SHD XB Q | 5 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 3 |
| SLM XB Q | 280 |
| TRT XB Q | 6 |
| TUR BU | 4,483 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 2 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 34 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
Identifiers
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/.