Portland, New Brunswick (1871 census)

Portland was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 12,520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.301°N, 66.075°W.

Population

In 1871, Portland had a population of 12,520: 6,149 male and 6,371 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 (0.1% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 2, 1881 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 3, 1881 (3.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 4, 1881 (6.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 1, 1881 (2.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 5, 1881 (83.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871

In the 1871 census, Portland shared boundaries with:

• Simonds
• St. John City, Kings ward-quartier
• St. John, Prince, Ward—Quartier
• St. John, Wellington, Ward—Quartier

Full census record, 1871

The 1871 census recorded 20 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 12,520 total population, 6,371 females, 6,149 males, 3,949 married persons, 2,435 families, 1,975 married females, 1,974 married males, 588 widowed persons, 425 widowed females, 163 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 7,983 single persons under 18, 4,012 single males under 18, 3,971 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 1,310 occupied houses, 1,298 inhabited houses, 24 houses under construction, 23 uninhabited houses, 7 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 7,000 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB174011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB174011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365873

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). "Portland, New Brunswick (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/portland-nb174011-1871/.