Moncton, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Moncton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 5,587. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365851. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.160°N, 64.868°W.

Population

In 1901, Moncton had a population of 5,587: 2,843 male and 2,744 female residents.

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 1901

In the 1901 census, Moncton shared boundaries with:

• Dorchester
• Dundas
• Harcourt
• Moncton, City—Cité
• Salisbury
• Shediac
• St. Paul

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 5,587 total population, 2,843 males, 2,744 females, 1,869 single males, 1,711 single females, 963 families, 904 married males, 895 married females, 138 widowed females, 70 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 907 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 196,581 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB024004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024004_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365851
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncton_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Moncton

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 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, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/moncton-nb024004-1901/.