Richibucto, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Richibucto was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,986. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365878. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.626°N, 64.844°W.

Population

In 1891, Richibucto had a population of 3,986: 2,028 male and 1,958 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Richibucto shared boundaries with:

• St. Louis
• St. Mary
• Weldford
• Wellington

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,986 total population, 2,028 males, 1,958 females, 1,164 married persons, 668 families, 584 married females, 580 married males, 170 widowed persons, 105 widowed females, 65 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,652 single persons under 18, 1,383 single males under 18, 1,269 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,109 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,877 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 636 occupied houses, 632 houses, 631 houses built of wood, 331 houses of 1 story, 299 houses of 2 stories, 296 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 88 houses of 4 rooms, 63 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 41 houses of 2 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 1 room, 19 houses under construction, 15 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 128,606 bushels of potatoes, 41,925 acres of land in farms, 39,351 pounds of homemade butter, 28,644 bushels of oats, 26,578 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,109 bushels of turnips, 15,347 acres of improved land in farms, 10,593 acres of farmland under crops, 8,335 bushels of spring wheat, 7,539 chickens, 6,264 bushels of buckwheat, 4,659 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,480 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,848 acres of hay crops, 2,587 tons of hay, 2,161 acres of oats, 1,625 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,520 sheep, 977 other cattle, 956 milk cows, 944 acres of potatoes, 773 swine slaughtered or sold, 728 bushels of barley, 727 acres of wheat, 691 swine, 517 horses aged over 3 years, 503 occupants of farms, 499 cattle killed or sold, 475 farm occupants who own their land, 466 sheep slaughtered or sold, 210 geese, 199 ducks, 175 bushels of peas, 152 turkeys, 130 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 124 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 95 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 90 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 90 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 67 bushels of corn, 65 bushels of beans, 60 acres of turnips, 53 bushels of rye, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 acres of barley, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 other fowl, 11 oxen, 10 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB015005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB017005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365878
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richibucto_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Richibouctou

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). "Richibucto, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/richibucto-nb015005-1891/.