Shediac, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Shediac was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 6,216. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7492307. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.185°N, 64.500°W.

Population

In 1891, Shediac had a population of 6,216: 3,129 male and 3,087 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, Shediac shared boundaries with:

• Botsford
• Dorchester
• Dundas
• Moncton
• Sackville

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 6,216 total population, 3,129 males, 3,087 females, 1,975 married persons, 1,126 families, 989 married females, 986 married males, 209 widowed persons, 128 widowed females, 81 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,032 single persons under 18, 2,062 single males under 18, 1,970 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 4,930 French Canadians, 1,286 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,008 occupied houses, 1,006 houses, 1,005 houses built of wood, 930 houses of 1 story, 322 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 207 houses of 2 rooms, 133 houses of 3 rooms, 124 houses of 4 rooms, 112 houses of 5 rooms, 74 houses of 2 stories, 55 houses of 1 room, 47 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 180,953 bushels of potatoes, 85,935 pounds of homemade butter, 61,020 acres of land in farms, 34,678 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 33,823 bushels of oats, 26,342 acres of improved land in farms, 19,916 acres of farmland under crops, 17,666 bushels of turnips, 12,537 chickens, 12,223 bushels of spring wheat, 11,737 bushels of buckwheat, 7,840 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,525 acres of hay crops, 6,272 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,533 tons of hay, 3,653 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,240 sheep, 2,759 acres of oats, 2,398 bushels of barley, 1,621 acres of potatoes, 1,558 other cattle, 1,494 milk cows, 1,364 acres of wheat, 1,223 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,130 sheep slaughtered or sold, 891 swine, 873 horses aged over 3 years, 842 occupants of farms, 761 farm occupants who own their land, 725 cattle killed or sold, 346 geese, 346 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 251 bushels of beans, 230 acres of barley, 206 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 205 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 179 horses aged 3 years and under, 168 oxen, 159 bushels of peas, 154 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 151 bushels of corn, 146 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 111 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 108 acres of turnips, 100 turkeys, 75 ducks, 58 other fowl, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 employees on farms, 3 bushels of winter wheat. (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: NB024007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024007_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7492307
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shediac_Parish

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). "Shediac, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/shediac-nb024007-1891/.