North Esk, New Brunswick (1881 census)
North Esk was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,538. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.255°N, 66.255°W.
Population
In 1881, North Esk had a population of 1,538: 821 male and 717 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).
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Northesk, 1871 (57.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, North Esk shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,538 total population, 821 males, 717 females, 433 married persons, 245 families, 217 married males, 216 married females, 55 widowed persons, 29 widowed males, 26 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,050 single persons under 18, 575 single males under 18, 475 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 239 inhabited houses, 239 occupied houses, 12 houses under construction, 7 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 32,527 bushels of potatoes, 21,104 bushels of oats, 5,093 bushels of turnips, 3,206 bushels of buckwheat, 1,754 tons of hay, 1,498 acres of hay crops, 1,079 bushels of spring wheat, 270 acres of potatoes, 136 bushels of peas and beans, 120 bushels of other root crops, 88 acres of wheat, 11 bushels of corn, 9 bushels of barley. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,434 fathoms of fishing nets, 251 barrels of other fish, 68 barrels of salmon, 50 gallons of fish oil, 25 barrels of eels, 20 quintals of cod, 10 barrels of herring or alewives, 9 men on fishing boats, 8 barrels of mackerel, 7 fishing boats, 5 barrels of trout, 4 shoremen, 3 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 29 barrels of shad, 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Barnaby | 1841–1907 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,542 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:
NB035003— 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 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). "North Esk, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/north-esk-nb035003-1881/.