Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Hardwicke was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,003. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365767. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.027°N, 65.021°W.

Population

In 1871, Hardwicke had a population of 1,003: 508 male and 495 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 (0.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Hardwicke shared boundaries with:

• Carleton
• Glenelg

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,003 total population, 508 males, 495 females, 287 married persons, 144 married females, 143 married males, 138 families, 33 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 683 single persons under 18, 354 single males under 18, 329 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 137 occupied houses, 136 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 68,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB184011 — 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 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). "Hardwicke, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hardwicke-nb184011-1871/.