Richibucto, New Brunswick (1921 census)

Richibucto was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 1,801. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365878. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.625°N, 64.844°W.

Population

In 1921, Richibucto had a population of 1,801: 900 male and 901 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Richibucto shared boundaries with:

• Indian reserves
• Richibucto, T-V
• St. Charles
• St. Mary
• Welford
• Wellington

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 24 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 1,801 total population, 901 females in the population, 900 males in the population, 872 males born in Canada, 868 females born in Canada, 20 females born outside the British Empire, 14 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 14 males born outside the British Empire, 13 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 638 persons of French origin, 594 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 296 persons of British origin (English), 259 persons of British origin (Irish), 7 persons of Scandinavian origin, 4 persons of Syrian origin, 2 persons of German origin, 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 969 Roman Catholics, 550 Presbyterians, 214 Anglicans (Church of England), 62 Methodists, 4 Baptists, 1 Congregationalists, 1 Protestants (general / no denomination specified). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB026005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB026005 — 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 1921 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 (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/richibucto-nb026005-1921/.