Perth, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Perth was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 747. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365866. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.744°N, 67.374°W.

Population

In 1871, Perth had a population of 747: 405 male and 342 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 (1.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Perth, 1881 (37.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Perth shared boundaries with:

• Andover
• Gordon
• Grand Falls
• Kent
• Stanley

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 747 total population, 405 males, 342 females, 233 married persons, 131 families, 117 married males, 116 married females, 23 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 491 single persons under 18, 278 single males under 18, 213 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 127 inhabited houses, 127 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 84,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB181002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB181002 — 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 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). "Perth, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/perth-nb181002-1871/.