Lancaster, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Lancaster was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,333. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.228°N, 66.182°W.
Population
In 1881, Lancaster had a population of 4,333: 2,229 male and 2,104 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).
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 Lancaster, 1871 (32.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 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, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,333 total population, 2,229 males, 2,104 females, 1,336 married persons, 743 families, 671 married males, 665 married females, 160 widowed persons, 117 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,837 single persons under 18, 1,515 single males under 18, 1,322 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 716 inhabited houses, 716 occupied houses, 64 uninhabited houses, 26 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 20,648 bushels of potatoes, 11,926 bushels of turnips, 8,637 bushels of oats, 6,116 bushels of other root crops, 2,177 tons of hay, 1,530 acres of hay crops, 796 bushels of buckwheat, 278 bushels of spring wheat, 154 acres of potatoes, 87 bushels of peas and beans, 23 acres of wheat, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 26,925 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,875 barrels of herring or alewives, 761 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 672 quintals of cod, 308 barrels of salmon, 229 gallons of fish oil, 172 barrels of gaspareaux, 105 men on fishing boats, 60 fishing boats, 38 men on fishing vessels, 10 fishing vessels, 7 barrels of mackerel, 1 barrels of trout, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 86 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,333 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:
NB025001— 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 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). "Lancaster, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/lancaster-nb025001-1881/.