Year: 1891
| Province: New Brunswick
Moncton, City—Cité, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Moncton, City—Cité was a city in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 8,762. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.093°N, 64.789°W.
Population
In 1891, Moncton, City—Cité had a population of 8,762: 4,377 male and 4,385 female residents. Population density was 3430.9 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, Moncton, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.60 |
| FAM NO | 1,570 |
| Number of families | 1,570 |
| Number of females | 4,385 |
| Number of males | 4,377 |
| Number of married females | 1,499 |
| Number of married males | 1,506 |
| Number of married persons | 3,005 |
| Number of widowed females | 244 |
| Number of widowed males | 92 |
| Number of widowed persons | 336 |
| POP F | 4,385 |
| POP M | 4,377 |
| POP TOT | 8,762 |
| Total population | 8,762 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 2,642 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 2,779 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 5,421 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,274 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 7,488 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 1,374 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 11 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 1,356 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 915 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 194 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 426 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 55 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 27 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 87 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 126 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 854 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 45 |
| Number of houses under construction | 20 |
| Number of occupied houses | 1,374 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 28 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 26 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 145 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 478 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,276 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,728 |
| Acres of hay crops | 678 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,351 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,627 |
| Acres of oats | 133 |
| Acres of potatoes | 50 |
| Acres of turnips | 19 |
| BAR AC | 26 |
| BAR BU | 383 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 383 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 245 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,363 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 335 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,159 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 192 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,605 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,760 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 6 |
| BWT BU | 1,363 |
| CRN BU | 335 |
| HAY AC | 678 |
| HAY TONS | 1,128 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 13 |
| Number of chickens | 2,907 |
| Number of ducks | 49 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 247 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 36 |
| Number of geese | 4 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 33 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 320 |
| Number of milk cows | 220 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 284 |
| Number of other cattle | 69 |
| Number of other fowl | 23 |
| Number of oxen | 19 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 246 |
| Number of sheep | 46 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 20 |
| Number of swine | 13 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 3 |
| Number of turkeys | 7 |
| OAT AC | 133 |
| OAT BU | 2,159 |
| PEA BU | 192 |
| POT AC | 50 |
| POT BU | 5,605 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 174 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,278 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,128 |
| WHT FALL BU | 6 |
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 7 |
| A 11 50 | 14 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 15 |
| BEN BU | 245 |
| BUTTER LB | 2,278 |
| CATTLE KS | 13 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 2,642 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 2,779 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 5,421 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 174 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 33 |
| DUCKS | 49 |
| FAMILIES | 1,570 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.60 |
| FRN CA | 1,274 |
| GEESE | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,907 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 320 |
| HOUSES | 1,374 |
| HOUSES B | 11 |
| HOUSES CON | 20 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 194 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 126 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 87 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 915 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 854 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 45 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 55 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 27 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 426 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 28 |
| HOUSES W | 1,356 |
| INF 11 A | 246 |
| MD FEM | 1,499 |
| MD MALE | 1,506 |
| MD TOT | 3,005 |
| MILK COWS | 220 |
| NAME CD | Westmoreland |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 36 |
| OC P | 247 |
| OC TOT | 284 |
| OTHER FOWL | 23 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 69 |
| OTHERS | 7,488 |
| SHEEP | 46 |
| SHEEP KS | 20 |
| SUP AM | 2,351 |
| SUP FOR | 1,276 |
| SUP JV | 145 |
| SUP PAT | 478 |
| SUP SC | 1,728 |
| SUP TOT | 3,627 |
| SWINE | 13 |
| SWINE KS | 3 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 1,374 |
| TUR AC | 19 |
| TUR BU | 2,760 |
| TURKEY | 7 |
| WID FEM | 244 |
| WID MALE | 92 |
| WID TOT | 336 |
| WORKING OX | 19 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB024003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB035009 — 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). "Moncton, City—Cité, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/moncton-city-cit-nb024003-1891/.