Kars, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Kars was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 619. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1285055. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.619°N, 65.969°W.

Population

In 1871, Kars had a population of 619: 315 male and 304 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1861 (0.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Kars shared boundaries with:

• Springfield
• Wickham

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 619 total population, 315 males, 304 females, 206 married persons, 115 families, 103 married females, 103 married males, 27 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 386 single persons under 18, 205 single males under 18, 181 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 115 inhabited houses, 115 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 22,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB176006 — 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/kars-nb176006-1871/.