Madawaska, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Madawaska was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 988. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q6726557. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.564°N, 68.211°W.
Population
In 1911, Madawaska had a population of 988: 533 male and 455 female residents. Population density was 10.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,816 |
| 1881 | 966 |
| 1891 | 1,683 |
| 1901 | 1,882 |
| 1911 | 988 |
| 1921 | 876 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Madawaska shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 63,488 area in acres, 988 total population, 533 males in the population, 455 females in the population, 356 single (never-married) males, 273 single (never-married) females, 172 families, 164 married males, 160 married females, 99.20 area in square miles, 22 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 9.96 population per square mile. 1,882 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 974 persons of French origin, 4 persons of British origin (English), 4 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 3 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Italian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 984 Roman Catholics, 3 Anglicans (Church of England), 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 150 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB034009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB028004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q6726557
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madawaska_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Madawaska
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Madawaska, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/madawaska-nb034009-1911/.