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Year: 1891  |  Province: New Brunswick  |  Wikidata: Q3365867

Pennfield, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Pennfield was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,032. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365867. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.187°N, 66.689°W.

Population

In 1891, Pennfield had a population of 1,032: 538 male and 494 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871998
18811,064
18911,032
19011,002
19111,146
19211,254

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, Pennfield shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,032 total population, 538 males, 494 females, 347 married persons, 208 families, 174 married males, 173 married females, 52 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 633 single persons under 18, 346 single males under 18, 287 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,032 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 205 houses, 205 occupied houses, 204 houses built of wood, 201 houses of 1 story, 128 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 2 stories, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,242 pounds of homemade butter, 21,679 acres of land in farms, 15,217 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,534 bushels of potatoes, 7,461 bushels of turnips, 6,462 acres of improved land in farms, 4,847 bushels of oats, 3,454 acres of farmland under crops, 2,986 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,452 chickens, 1,828 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,738 acres of hay crops, 1,606 bushels of buckwheat, 1,104 tons of hay, 477 sheep, 352 milk cows, 256 acres of oats, 253 other cattle, 200 sheep slaughtered or sold, 192 occupants of farms, 179 farm occupants who own their land, 141 bushels of barley, 134 horses aged over 3 years, 129 swine slaughtered or sold, 124 cattle killed or sold, 117 acres of potatoes, 91 swine, 65 geese, 63 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 bushels of peas, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 49 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 turkeys, 37 acres of turnips, 36 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 34 ducks, 32 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 oxen, 11 other fowl, 8 acres of barley, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Pennfield, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/pennfield-nb013008-1891/.