Kingston, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Kingston was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,811. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6413572. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.476°N, 66.019°W.
Population
In 1891, Kingston had a population of 1,811: 924 male and 887 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,223 |
| 1881 | 2,184 |
| 1891 | 1,811 |
| 1901 | 1,635 |
| 1911 | 1,494 |
| 1921 | 1,322 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Kingston shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,811 total population, 924 males, 887 females, 580 married persons, 380 families, 290 married females, 290 married males, 106 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,125 single persons under 18, 598 single males under 18, 527 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,811 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 366 occupied houses, 363 houses, 363 houses built of wood, 321 houses of 1 story, 197 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 41 houses of 2 stories, 37 houses of 3 rooms, 36 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 89,344 pounds of homemade butter, 40,025 acres of land in farms, 24,233 acres of improved land in farms, 18,894 acres of farmland under crops, 18,698 bushels of potatoes, 15,792 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,430 bushels of buckwheat, 9,338 bushels of oats, 6,600 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,903 bushels of turnips, 5,252 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,300 tons of hay, 4,283 chickens, 4,066 acres of hay crops, 1,523 sheep, 1,058 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,006 milk cows, 853 other cattle, 627 swine slaughtered or sold, 494 acres of oats, 400 cattle killed or sold, 397 bushels of peas, 345 occupants of farms, 324 farm occupants who own their land, 302 horses aged over 3 years, 292 bushels of beans, 216 swine, 188 acres of potatoes, 141 oxen, 126 turkeys, 124 bushels of corn, 122 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 101 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 95 horses aged 3 years and under, 92 geese, 87 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 ducks, 57 bushels of barley, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 acres of turnips, 29 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 15 bushels of spring wheat, 12 other fowl, 6 bushels of rye, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB016007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB027007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6413572
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Kingston_(Nouveau-Brunswick)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Kingston, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/kingston-nb016007-1891/.