Perth, New Brunswick (1911 census)

Perth was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,777. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365866. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.710°N, 67.605°W.

Population

In 1911, Perth had a population of 1,777: 941 male and 836 female residents. Population density was 13.2 people per square mile.

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 Perth, 1901 (94.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Perth, T-V, 1921 (1.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Perth shared boundaries with:

• Andover
• Drummond
• Gordon
• Indian Reserve
• Kent

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 86,042 area in acres, 1,777 total population, 941 males in the population, 836 females in the population, 562 single (never-married) males, 441 single (never-married) females, 347 married males, 339 married females, 134.44 area in square miles, 109 families, 53 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 13.22 population per square mile, 3 divorced males, 2 legally separated females, 1 divorced females. 1,663 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 696 persons of British origin (English), 613 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 214 persons of British origin (Irish), 128 persons of French origin, 75 persons of Dutch origin, 16 persons of German origin, 2 persons of British origin (other), 1 persons of Russian origin. 8 persons recorded under the 1911 official census category "Jewish" (origin/ethnicity, distinct from the V2T2 religion category "Jews"). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 1,002 Baptists, 383 Presbyterians, 142 Anglicans (Church of England), 116 Roman Catholics, 112 Methodists, 24 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 8 Jews, 5 Adventists, 4 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 1 Brethren, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 102 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB034010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB034010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365866
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Perth

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 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). "Perth, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/perth-nb034010-1911/.