Hopewell, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Hopewell was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,780. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.803°N, 64.687°W.

Population

In 1891, Hopewell had a population of 1,780: 919 male and 861 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, Hopewell shared boundaries with:

• Harvey
• Hillsborough

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,780 total population, 919 males, 861 females, 655 married persons, 370 families, 330 married females, 325 married males, 89 widowed persons, 62 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,036 single persons under 18, 567 single males under 18, 469 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,778 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 369 houses, 369 occupied houses, 368 houses built of wood, 278 houses of 1 story, 205 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 88 houses of 2 stories, 65 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 34 houses of 4 rooms, 32 houses of 5 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,650 pounds of homemade butter, 25,183 acres of land in farms, 20,534 bushels of potatoes, 16,138 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,045 acres of improved land in farms, 6,996 bushels of oats, 5,711 bushels of turnips, 5,686 acres of farmland under crops, 4,699 tons of hay, 3,416 acres of hay crops, 3,226 chickens, 3,182 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,998 bushels of buckwheat, 2,455 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,171 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,161 sheep, 1,105 bushels of barley, 885 sheep slaughtered or sold, 781 other cattle, 612 milk cows, 356 occupants of farms, 344 acres of oats, 323 swine slaughtered or sold, 316 geese, 297 farm occupants who own their land, 291 horses aged over 3 years, 245 cattle killed or sold, 214 swine, 177 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 176 acres of potatoes, 176 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 174 bushels of beans, 145 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 oxen, 105 ducks, 99 turkeys, 92 horses aged 3 years and under, 87 bushels of peas, 69 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 61 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 farm occupants who rent their land, 58 acres of barley, 56 bushels of spring wheat, 54 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 acres of turnips, 10 bushels of corn, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 acres of wheat, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB011006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB022006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365770
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Hopewell

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). "Hopewell, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hopewell-nb011006-1891/.