Hillsborough, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Hillsborough was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,907. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365768. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 64.766°W.

Population

In 1901, Hillsborough had a population of 2,907: 1,523 male and 1,384 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hillsborough vl, 1911 (0.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Hillsborough shared boundaries with:

• Coverdale
• Elgin
• Hopewell

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,907 total population, 1,523 males, 1,384 females, 982 single males, 787 single females, 573 families, 502 married males, 494 married females, 103 widowed females, 39 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 573 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 77,619 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB013005 — 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hillsborough-nb013005-1901/.