Milltown, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Name: Milltown, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: New Brunswick, CA

Milltown, Town—Ville was a town in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,146. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.173°N, 67.307°W.

Population

In 1891, Milltown, Town—Ville had a population of 2,146: 1,015 male and 1,131 female residents. Population density was 754.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,664
1891	2,146
1901	2,044
1911	1,804
1921	1,976

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, Milltown, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5
FAM NO	423
Number of families	423
Number of females	1,131
Number of males	1,015
Number of married females	355
Number of married males	355
Number of married persons	710
Number of widowed females	74
Number of widowed males	34
Number of widowed persons	108
POP F	1,131
POP M	1,015
POP TOT	2,146
Total population	2,146

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	702
Number of single males under 18	626
Number of single persons under 18	1,328

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	2
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	2,144

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	1
Number of houses	416
Number of houses built of wood	416
Number of houses of 1 story	295
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	55
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	119
Number of houses of 3 rooms	11
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	50
Number of houses of 5 rooms	31
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	248
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	14
Number of houses under construction	3
Number of occupied houses	417
Number of uninhabited houses	5

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	5
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	86
Acres of farmland in pasture	1,801
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	2,352
Acres of farmland under crops	990
Acres of hay crops	879
Acres of improved land in farms	2,877
Acres of land in farms	5,229
Acres of oats	28
Acres of potatoes	13
Acres of turnips	3
BAR AC	5
BAR BU	100
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	100
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	44
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	18
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	614
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	12
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,312
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,089
BWT BU	18
HAY AC	879
HAY TONS	933
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	22
Number of chickens	2,066
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	212
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	9
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	28
Number of horses aged over 3 years	222
Number of milk cows	193
Number of occupants of farms	221
Number of other cattle	49
Number of other fowl	13
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	15
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	29
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	16
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	160
Number of sheep	9
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	5
Number of swine	104
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	432
Number of turkeys	1
OAT AC	28
OAT BU	614
PEA BU	12
POT AC	13
POT BU	1,312
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	31
Pounds of homemade butter	14,995
Tons of hay produced in the past year	933

Other recorded variables (64 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	15
A 11 50	29
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	16
BEN BU	44
BUTTER LB	14,995
CATTLE KS	22
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	702
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	626
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,328
COARSE WOOL LB	31
COLTS FILLIES	28
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	423
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FRN CA	2
HENS AND CHKN	2,066
HORSES OVR THREE	222
HOUSES	416
HOUSES CON	3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	55
HOUSES FIVE RM	31
HOUSES FOUR RM	50
HOUSES ONE STRY	295
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	248
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	14
HOUSES THREE RM	11
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	119
HOUSES UNINH	5
HOUSES W	416
INF 11 A	160
MD FEM	355
MD MALE	355
MD TOT	710
MILK COWS	193
NAME CD	Charlotte
OC F	9
OC P	212
OC TOT	221
OTHER FOWL	13
OTHER HRN CATTLE	49
OTHERS	2,144
SHEEP	9
SHEEP KS	5
SUP AM	2,877
SUP FOR	2,352
SUP JV	86
SUP PAT	1,801
SUP SC	990
SUP TOT	5,229
SWINE	104
SWINE KS	432
TOT DWLG OCC	417
TUR AC	3
TUR BU	1,089
TURKEY	1
VESS AND SHAN	1
WID FEM	74
WID MALE	34
WID TOT	108
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: NB013007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024016 — 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). "Milltown, Town—Ville, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/milltown-town-ville-nb013007-1891/.