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Year: 1911  |  Province: New Brunswick  |  Wikidata: Q3365851

Moncton, New Brunswick (1911 census)

Moncton was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 6,433. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365851. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.159°N, 64.868°W.

Population

In 1911, Moncton had a population of 6,433: 3,301 male and 3,132 female residents. Population density was 20.9 people per square mile.

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Moncton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 46 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 196,581 area in acres, 6,433 total population, 3,301 males in the population, 3,132 females in the population, 2,110 single (never-married) males, 1,903 single (never-married) females, 1,173 families, 1,094 married males, 1,092 married females, 307.16 area in square miles, 135 widowed females, 89 widowed males, 20.94 population per square mile, 7 males with marital status not given, 2 females with marital status not given, 1 divorced males. 5,587 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 2,175 persons of French origin, 2,037 persons of British origin (English), 758 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 712 persons of British origin (Irish), 437 persons of German origin, 218 persons of Dutch origin, 15 persons of British origin (other), 5 persons of Italian origin, 2 persons of Scandinavian origin, 2 persons of Swiss origin, 1 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin. 34 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). 2 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). 1 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 2,680 Roman Catholics, 2,303 Baptists, 818 Methodists, 359 Presbyterians, 187 Anglicans (Church of England), 34 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 29 Adventists, 14 Brethren, 14 Salvation Army adherents, 13 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Congregationalists, 1 Jews, 1 Lutherans. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 1,147 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

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). "Moncton, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/moncton-nb035003-1911/.