Inkerman, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Inkerman was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,804. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365772. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.619°N, 65.058°W.
Population
In 1881, Inkerman had a population of 1,804: 938 male and 866 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,550 |
| 1881 | 1,804 |
| 1891 | 2,008 |
| 1901 | 2,421 |
| 1911 | 2,717 |
| 1921 | 3,157 |
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 Inkerman, 1891 (77.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Inkerman shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,804 total population, 938 males, 866 females, 486 married persons, 269 families, 243 married females, 243 married males, 72 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,246 single persons under 18, 668 single males under 18, 578 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 268 occupied houses, 267 inhabited houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 62,344 bushels of potatoes, 19,889 bushels of oats, 3,074 bushels of spring wheat, 2,258 bushels of barley, 1,892 bushels of turnips, 1,680 acres of hay crops, 1,672 tons of hay, 1,302 bushels of buckwheat, 559 acres of potatoes, 290 acres of wheat, 199 bushels of peas and beans, 140 bushels of corn, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 14,703 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,020 barrels of gaspareaux, 856 barrels of other fish, 612 barrels of mackerel, 531 barrels of herring or alewives, 333 quintals of cod, 190 men on fishing boats, 169 fishing boats, 168 gallons of fish oil, 18 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 17 barrels of eels, 15 barrels of trout, 4 quintals of fascines fish, 3 barrels of halibut, 2 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 115,200 pounds of lobster canned, 30 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,806 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025004_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365772
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkerman_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_d%27Inkerman
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Inkerman, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/inkerman-nb036004-1881/.