Prince William, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Prince William was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 722. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365874. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.784°N, 67.112°W.
Population
In 1911, Prince William had a population of 722: 390 male and 332 female residents. Population density was 5.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,338 |
| 1881 | 1,382 |
| 1891 | 1,398 |
| 1901 | 915 |
| 1911 | 722 |
| 1921 | 774 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911
In the 1911 census, Prince William shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 81,854 area in acres, 722 total population, 390 males in the population, 332 females in the population, 251 single (never-married) males, 183 single (never-married) females, 165 families, 127.90 area in square miles, 125 married males, 122 married females, 27 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.65 population per square mile. 915 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 310 persons of British origin (Irish), 192 persons of British origin (English), 159 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 30 persons of French origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 343 Presbyterians, 157 Baptists, 132 Anglicans (Church of England), 69 Roman Catholics, 30 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 9 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 5 Methodists, 2 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 165 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB036010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB036010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365874
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_William_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Prince-William
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). "Prince William, New Brunswick (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/prince-william-nb036010-1911/.