Newcastle, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Newcastle was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,006. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365857. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.156°N, 65.553°W.

Population

In 1891, Newcastle had a population of 4,006: 2,037 male and 1,969 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, Newcastle shared boundaries with:

• Alnwick
• Bathurst
• North Esk

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,006 total population, 2,037 males, 1,969 females, 1,135 married persons, 759 families, 569 married females, 566 married males, 189 widowed persons, 130 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,682 single persons under 18, 1,412 single males under 18, 1,270 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,917 persons who are not French Canadian, 89 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 741 occupied houses, 723 houses, 712 houses built of wood, 591 houses of 1 story, 317 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 144 houses of 4 rooms, 128 houses of 2 stories, 84 houses of 5 rooms, 78 houses of 3 rooms, 57 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 46 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 18 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 14 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses built of stone, 7 houses under construction, 4 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,797 bushels of potatoes, 30,157 pounds of homemade butter, 21,879 acres of land in farms, 18,213 bushels of oats, 15,802 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,033 bushels of turnips, 6,077 acres of improved land in farms, 4,917 acres of farmland under crops, 4,782 chickens, 3,186 bushels of spring wheat, 2,653 acres of hay crops, 2,618 tons of hay, 1,906 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,108 acres of farmland in pasture, 817 acres of oats, 664 milk cows, 572 other cattle, 547 sheep, 451 bushels of buckwheat, 371 occupants of farms, 362 horses aged over 3 years, 344 farm occupants who own their land, 281 swine slaughtered or sold, 259 sheep slaughtered or sold, 244 acres of potatoes, 239 cattle killed or sold, 198 acres of wheat, 151 swine, 119 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 geese, 95 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 89 bushels of barley, 82 horses aged 3 years and under, 80 bushels of peas, 69 ducks, 61 bushels of corn, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 acres of turnips, 41 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 bushels of beans, 25 other fowl, 24 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 turkeys, 4 acres of barley, 4 oxen, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms. (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: NB017010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB019010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365857
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Newcastle

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). "Newcastle, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/newcastle-nb017010-1891/.