Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 2, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 2 was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,797. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.272°N, 66.079°W.
Population
In 1881, Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 2 had a population of 3,797: 1,876 male and 1,921 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 Portland, 1871 (3.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Portland, Ward—Quartier No. 2 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,797 total population, 1,921 females, 1,876 males, 1,202 married persons, 758 families, 606 married females, 596 married males, 237 widowed persons, 174 widowed females, 63 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,358 single persons under 18, 1,217 single males under 18, 1,141 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 369 inhabited houses, 369 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25 bushels of potatoes, 14 acres of hay crops, 14 tons of hay. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,885 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,679 barrels of gaspareaux, 238 barrels of herring or alewives, 49 men on fishing boats, 41 fishing boats, 29 barrels of salmon, 5 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 32 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,797 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB025004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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, Ward—Quartier No. 2, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/portland-ward-quartier-no-2-nb025004-1881/.