Kent, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Kent was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 2,779. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365832. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.620°N, 67.299°W.

Population

In 1901, Kent had a population of 2,779: 1,488 male and 1,291 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 1901

In the 1901 census, Kent shared boundaries with:

• Aberdeen
• Andover
• Douglas
• Gordon
• Peel
• Perth
• Simonds
• Stanley
• Wicklow

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 2,779 total population, 1,488 males, 1,291 females, 965 single males, 737 single females, 555 families, 476 married males, 472 married females, 80 widowed females, 47 widowed males, 2 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 553 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 210,765 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB014003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB023003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365832
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Kent

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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). "Kent, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/kent-nb014003-1901/.