Hopewell, New Brunswick (1911 census)

Hopewell was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,771. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365770. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.803°N, 64.687°W.

Population

In 1911, Hopewell had a population of 1,771: 875 male and 896 female residents. Population density was 27.6 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 1911

In the 1911 census, Hopewell shared boundaries with:

• Harvey
• Hillsborough

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 40,960 area in acres, 1,771 total population, 896 females in the population, 875 males in the population, 517 single (never-married) males, 496 single (never-married) females, 370 families, 328 married females, 326 married males, 72 widowed females, 64 area in square miles, 30 widowed males, 27.64 population per square mile, 1 divorced males, 1 legally separated males. 1,968 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,161 persons of British origin (English), 353 persons of British origin (Irish), 136 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 45 persons of Dutch origin, 38 persons of German origin, 21 persons of French origin, 5 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Swiss origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 2 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 983 Baptists, 433 Methodists, 121 Roman Catholics, 77 Presbyterians, 64 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 46 Anglicans (Church of England), 40 Adventists, 7 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 2 Jews, 1 Salvation Army adherents. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 358 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB029021 — 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/hopewell-nb029021-1911/.