Newcastle, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Newcastle was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,209. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365857. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.156°N, 65.553°W.
Population
In 1881, Newcastle had a population of 4,209: 2,165 male and 2,044 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,584 |
| 1881 | 4,209 |
| 1891 | 4,006 |
| 1901 | 4,130 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Newcastle shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 48 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,209 total population, 2,165 males, 2,044 females, 1,164 married persons, 744 families, 585 married females, 579 married males, 193 widowed persons, 125 widowed females, 68 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,852 single persons under 18, 1,518 single males under 18, 1,334 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 737 occupied houses, 736 inhabited houses, 35 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 65,582 bushels of potatoes, 23,615 bushels of oats, 18,986 bushels of turnips, 2,916 bushels of spring wheat, 2,563 tons of hay, 2,303 acres of hay crops, 1,251 bushels of buckwheat, 1,250 bushels of other root crops, 461 acres of wheat, 383 acres of potatoes, 327 bushels of barley, 152 bushels of peas and beans, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,563 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,001 barrels of other fish, 256 barrels of herring or alewives, 69 barrels of mackerel, 65 barrels of salmon, 65 quintals of cod, 61 men on fishing boats, 48 barrels of gaspareaux, 48 fishing boats, 10 gallons of fish oil, 10 shoremen, 4 men on fishing vessels, 3 barrels of trout, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 50,000 pounds of lobster canned, 52 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Macgregor McCurdy | 1830–1886 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,209 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB035002— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/newcastle-nb035002-1881/.