Kars, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Kars was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 544. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1285055. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.619°N, 65.969°W.

Population

In 1881, Kars had a population of 544: 272 male and 272 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Kars shared boundaries with:

• Springfield
• Wickham

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 544 total population, 272 females, 272 males, 193 married persons, 112 families, 98 married males, 95 married females, 24 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 327 single persons under 18, 167 single males under 18, 160 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 104 inhabited houses, 104 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,345 bushels of potatoes, 12,894 bushels of buckwheat, 5,922 bushels of oats, 2,427 acres of hay crops, 1,911 tons of hay, 1,252 bushels of turnips, 1,192 bushels of spring wheat, 242 bushels of other root crops, 151 acres of potatoes, 121 bushels of peas and beans, 103 bushels of corn, 93 acres of wheat, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of rye, 8 bushels of barley. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 544 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: NB027006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB027006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1285055
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kars_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Kars

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). "Kars, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/kars-nb027006-1881/.