North Esk, New Brunswick (1891 census)
North Esk was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,586. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.255°N, 66.255°W.
Population
In 1891, North Esk had a population of 1,586: 850 male and 736 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,538 |
| 1891 | 1,586 |
| 1901 | 1,664 |
| 1911 | 1,789 |
| 1921 | 1,780 |
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, North Esk shared boundaries with:
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 1,586 total population, 850 males, 736 females, 506 married persons, 299 families, 254 married males, 252 married females, 56 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,024 single persons under 18, 576 single males under 18, 448 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,585 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 294 occupied houses, 283 houses, 283 houses built of wood, 278 houses of 1 story, 87 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 45 houses of 2 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses under construction, 5 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 36,257 pounds of homemade butter, 25,549 acres of land in farms, 24,575 bushels of potatoes, 21,224 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,737 bushels of oats, 4,325 acres of improved land in farms, 3,839 bushels of turnips, 3,809 acres of farmland under crops, 3,375 chickens, 3,325 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,377 tons of hay, 2,214 bushels of buckwheat, 2,052 acres of hay crops, 1,073 sheep, 804 acres of oats, 610 bushels of spring wheat, 543 milk cows, 521 other cattle, 482 acres of farmland in pasture, 354 sheep slaughtered or sold, 297 occupants of farms, 293 farm occupants who own their land, 214 acres of potatoes, 207 horses aged over 3 years, 186 swine slaughtered or sold, 170 cattle killed or sold, 166 swine, 165 turkeys, 125 bushels of barley, 119 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 106 bushels of beans, 87 bushels of peas, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 horses aged 3 years and under, 52 acres of wheat, 49 geese, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 ducks, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of rye, 9 other fowl, 4 acres of barley, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Barnaby | 1841–1907 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB017011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB029011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365863
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northesk_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Northesk
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). "North Esk, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/north-esk-nb017011-1891/.