New Bandon, New Brunswick (1891 census)

New Bandon was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,456. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365854. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.697°N, 65.267°W.

Population

In 1891, New Bandon had a population of 2,456: 1,242 male and 1,214 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 1891

In the 1891 census, New Bandon shared boundaries with:

• Bathurst
• Caraquette
• Inkerman
• Saumarez

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,456 total population, 1,242 males, 1,214 females, 721 married persons, 403 families, 361 married females, 360 married males, 91 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,644 single persons under 18, 860 single males under 18, 784 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,425 French Canadians, 1,031 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 388 occupied houses, 380 houses, 376 houses built of wood, 365 houses of 1 story, 105 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 2 rooms, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 56 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 1 room, 24 uninhabited houses, 20 houses under construction, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses of 2 stories, 8 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 89,184 bushels of potatoes, 34,882 pounds of homemade butter, 32,015 acres of land in farms, 26,592 bushels of oats, 24,634 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,890 bushels of spring wheat, 7,381 acres of improved land in farms, 5,876 acres of farmland under crops, 4,436 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,340 chickens, 2,390 bushels of turnips, 1,993 tons of hay, 1,979 bushels of barley, 1,881 acres of hay crops, 1,462 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,349 acres of oats, 1,210 bushels of buckwheat, 967 sheep, 660 milk cows, 633 acres of potatoes, 619 swine, 570 swine slaughtered or sold, 567 acres of wheat, 472 geese, 438 other cattle, 402 occupants of farms, 398 sheep slaughtered or sold, 393 farm occupants who own their land, 254 horses aged over 3 years, 227 cattle killed or sold, 164 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 135 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 118 bushels of peas, 113 acres of barley, 111 ducks, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 other fowl, 81 oxen, 76 bushels of corn, 65 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 55 bushels of beans, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 acres of turnips, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 turkeys, 9 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB014005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB025005_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365854
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bandon_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_New_Bandon

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). "New Bandon, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/new-bandon-nb014005-1891/.