Rogersville, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Rogersville was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,379. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365879. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.763°N, 65.461°W.

Population

In 1891, Rogersville had a population of 1,379: 740 male and 639 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, Rogersville shared boundaries with:

• Acadieville
• Blackville
• Glenelg
• Nelson
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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,379 total population, 740 males, 639 females, 451 married persons, 226 married females, 225 married males, 221 families, 25 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 903 single persons under 18, 503 single males under 18, 400 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,163 French Canadians, 216 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 208 occupied houses, 206 houses, 206 houses built of wood, 187 houses of 1 story, 99 houses of 2 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 2 stories, 13 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,251 bushels of potatoes, 18,973 acres of land in farms, 15,221 pounds of homemade butter, 14,780 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,669 bushels of oats, 4,193 acres of improved land in farms, 3,392 bushels of buckwheat, 2,856 acres of farmland under crops, 1,984 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,720 chickens, 1,397 bushels of turnips, 1,310 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,078 bushels of spring wheat, 1,062 acres of hay crops, 644 sheep, 640 tons of hay, 358 acres of oats, 254 other cattle, 238 milk cows, 205 acres of potatoes, 193 occupants of farms, 181 farm occupants who own their land, 153 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 bushels of barley, 145 swine, 128 sheep slaughtered or sold, 115 horses aged over 3 years, 98 cattle killed or sold, 98 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 74 acres of wheat, 72 bushels of beans, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 55 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 29 oxen, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 26 bushels of corn, 24 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 21 acres of turnips, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 bushels of peas, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 geese, 8 acres of barley, 7 ducks, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 turkeys, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (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: NB017012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB029012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365879
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogersville_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Rogersville

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). "Rogersville, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/rogersville-nb017012-1891/.