Queensbury, New Brunswick (1891 census)
Queensbury was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,540. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365876. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.994°N, 67.065°W.
Population
In 1891, Queensbury had a population of 1,540: 792 male and 748 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,685 |
| 1881 | 1,672 |
| 1891 | 1,540 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,199 |
| 1921 | 1,164 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Queensbury shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,540 total population, 792 males, 748 females, 548 married persons, 286 families, 275 married females, 273 married males, 65 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 927 single persons under 18, 503 single males under 18, 424 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,521 persons who are not French Canadian, 19 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 285 houses, 285 occupied houses, 284 houses built of wood, 153 houses of 1 story, 144 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 131 houses of 2 stories, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 99,031 pounds of homemade butter, 53,981 acres of land in farms, 37,555 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 30,043 bushels of potatoes, 29,604 bushels of oats, 16,426 acres of improved land in farms, 13,479 bushels of buckwheat, 11,575 bushels of turnips, 10,583 acres of farmland under crops, 7,523 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,024 acres of hay crops, 5,625 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,814 tons of hay, 3,188 chickens, 2,518 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,782 sheep, 1,663 acres of oats, 1,265 milk cows, 1,078 sheep slaughtered or sold, 902 other cattle, 618 swine slaughtered or sold, 536 bushels of corn, 497 bushels of winter wheat, 454 bushels of barley, 424 cattle killed or sold, 415 horses aged over 3 years, 377 bushels of spring wheat, 310 bushels of beans, 302 acres of potatoes, 287 occupants of farms, 280 farm occupants who own their land, 227 swine, 221 turkeys, 218 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 177 bushels of peas, 169 geese, 128 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 ducks, 95 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 87 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 63 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 57 acres of turnips, 52 acres of wheat, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 acres of barley, 21 oxen, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB025016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB036011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365876
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensbury_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Queensbury
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Queensbury, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/queensbury-nb025016-1891/.