Sackville, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Sackville was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,982. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365883. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.971°N, 64.379°W.

Population

In 1891, Sackville had a population of 4,982: 2,546 male and 2,436 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, Sackville shared boundaries with:

• Botsford
• Dorchester
• Shediac
• Westmorland

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 4,982 total population, 2,546 males, 2,436 females, 1,700 married persons, 920 families, 852 married females, 848 married males, 197 widowed persons, 134 widowed females, 63 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,085 single persons under 18, 1,635 single males under 18, 1,450 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,566 persons who are not French Canadian, 416 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 918 houses, 918 occupied houses, 915 houses built of wood, 827 houses of 1 story, 429 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 144 houses of 4 rooms, 99 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 98 houses of 5 rooms, 87 houses of 2 stories, 70 houses of 3 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 42 houses of over 15 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 127,155 pounds of homemade butter, 81,439 acres of land in farms, 67,192 bushels of potatoes, 50,441 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 42,589 bushels of turnips, 30,998 acres of improved land in farms, 20,254 acres of farmland under crops, 18,506 bushels of oats, 15,270 tons of hay, 11,534 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,748 acres of hay crops, 10,438 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,046 chickens, 6,940 bushels of barley, 3,656 bushels of buckwheat, 2,812 sheep, 2,691 other cattle, 2,071 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,571 cattle killed or sold, 1,519 milk cows, 1,030 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 994 swine slaughtered or sold, 988 horses aged over 3 years, 949 acres of oats, 812 occupants of farms, 731 bushels of spring wheat, 714 farm occupants who own their land, 669 geese, 479 acres of potatoes, 461 swine, 406 acres of barley, 306 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 261 turkeys, 241 horses aged 3 years and under, 230 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 228 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 195 bushels of beans, 185 ducks, 175 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 127 acres of turnips, 118 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 92 farm occupants who rent their land, 86 bushels of peas, 77 oxen, 61 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 51 acres of wheat, 39 other fowl, 36 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 bushels of corn, 6 employees on farms, 5 bushels of rye. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: NB024005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024005_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365883
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackville_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Sackville

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). "Sackville, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/sackville-nb024005-1891/.