Northesk, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Northesk was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 2,186. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.142°N, 66.329°W.

Population

In 1871, Northesk had a population of 2,186: 1,146 male and 1,040 female residents.

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 NO DATA, 1861 (8.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained North Esk, 1881 (57.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained South Esk, 1881 (42.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Northesk shared boundaries with:

• Addington
• Bathurst
• Blackville
• Blissfield
• Colborne
• Dalhousie
• Derby
• Eldon
• Gordon
• Ludlow
• Newcastle
• Saint Leonard’s
• Stanley

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 19 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 2,186 total population, 1,146 males, 1,040 females, 590 married persons, 347 families, 296 married females, 294 married males, 86 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 1,510 single persons under 18, 822 single males under 18, 688 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 342 occupied houses, 337 inhabited houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 1,541,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB184003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB184003 — 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 1871 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). "Northesk, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/northesk-nb184003-1871/.