Lancaster, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Lancaster was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,211. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.228°N, 66.182°W.
Population
In 1891, Lancaster had a population of 4,211: 2,166 male and 2,045 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 4,821 |
| 1881 | 4,333 |
| 1891 | 4,211 |
| 1901 | 5,278 |
| 1911 | 5,886 |
| 1921 | 7,301 |
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, Lancaster shared boundaries with:
- Musquash
- St. John, Albert Ward—Quartier
- St. John, Brook’s, Ward—Quartier
- St. John, Guy’s, Ward—Quartier
- Westfield
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,211 total population, 2,166 males, 2,045 females, 1,349 married persons, 789 families, 676 married males, 673 married females, 202 widowed persons, 132 widowed females, 70 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,660 single persons under 18, 1,420 single males under 18, 1,240 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,170 persons who are not French Canadian, 41 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 780 occupied houses, 776 houses, 774 houses built of wood, 486 houses of 1 story, 302 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 271 houses of 2 stories, 154 houses of 4 rooms, 134 houses of 5 rooms, 93 houses of 3 rooms, 42 uninhabited houses, 41 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 3 stories, 17 houses under construction, 13 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 35,166 pounds of homemade butter, 13,956 acres of land in farms, 13,378 bushels of potatoes, 12,782 bushels of turnips, 10,937 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,575 bushels of oats, 5,023 chickens, 3,019 acres of improved land in farms, 2,233 acres of farmland under crops, 1,722 tons of hay, 1,315 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,214 acres of hay crops, 745 acres of farmland in pasture, 528 milk cows, 309 sheep, 282 occupants of farms, 263 acres of oats, 250 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 248 horses aged over 3 years, 222 farm occupants who own their land, 200 bushels of corn, 195 swine, 193 bushels of buckwheat, 181 other cattle, 161 swine slaughtered or sold, 147 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 129 acres of potatoes, 128 ducks, 99 acres of turnips, 73 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 72 bushels of barley, 67 cattle killed or sold, 63 other fowl, 59 farm occupants who rent their land, 53 geese, 41 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 turkeys, 25 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 sheep slaughtered or sold, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of peas, 3 oxen, 2 acres of barley, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB021006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB032001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Lancaster, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/lancaster-nb021006-1891/.