Hillsborough, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Hillsborough was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,677. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365768. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 64.766°W.

Population

In 1891, Hillsborough had a population of 2,677: 1,402 male and 1,275 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, Hillsborough shared boundaries with:

• Coverdale
• Elgin
• Hopewell

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,677 total population, 1,402 males, 1,275 females, 884 married persons, 487 families, 445 married females, 439 married males, 127 widowed persons, 93 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,666 single persons under 18, 929 single males under 18, 737 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,674 persons who are not French Canadian, 3 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 474 occupied houses, 472 houses, 472 houses built of wood, 389 houses of 1 story, 253 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 101 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 82 houses of 2 stories, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 75,093 pounds of homemade butter, 49,503 acres of land in farms, 44,737 bushels of potatoes, 35,881 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,752 bushels of oats, 13,622 acres of improved land in farms, 8,607 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,828 acres of farmland under crops, 7,621 bushels of buckwheat, 6,524 chickens, 5,616 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,514 tons of hay, 5,489 bushels of turnips, 4,194 acres of hay crops, 2,358 sheep, 1,182 bushels of barley, 992 other cattle, 955 sheep slaughtered or sold, 869 milk cows, 823 acres of oats, 717 swine slaughtered or sold, 712 swine, 678 bushels of beans, 671 bushels of spring wheat, 609 geese, 536 horses aged over 3 years, 501 cattle killed or sold, 413 occupants of farms, 363 farm occupants who own their land, 321 acres of potatoes, 205 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 185 ducks, 178 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 163 bushels of corn, 141 horses aged 3 years and under, 99 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 99 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 oxen, 95 turkeys, 78 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 bushels of peas, 69 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 68 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 62 acres of barley, 50 acres of wheat, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 44 bushels of rye, 26 acres of turnips, 26 other fowl, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB011005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB022005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365768
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Hillsborough

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). "Hillsborough, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hillsborough-nb011005-1891/.