Sheffield, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Sheffield was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 714. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7492719. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.991°N, 66.225°W.

Population

In 1891, Sheffield had a population of 714: 371 male and 341 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, Sheffield shared boundaries with:

• Canning
• Maugerville
• Northfield

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 714 total population, 371 males, 341 females, 217 married persons, 131 families, 109 married males, 108 married females, 35 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 462 single persons under 18, 252 single males under 18, 210 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 714 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 124 occupied houses, 123 houses, 123 houses built of wood, 101 houses of 1 story, 48 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 31,704 pounds of homemade butter, 27,054 acres of land in farms, 19,500 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,063 bushels of potatoes, 7,554 acres of improved land in farms, 6,306 acres of farmland under crops, 4,627 bushels of buckwheat, 3,907 bushels of oats, 3,882 tons of hay, 3,855 bushels of turnips, 2,772 acres of hay crops, 2,127 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,856 bushels of corn, 1,267 chickens, 1,171 acres of farmland in pasture, 791 bushels of barley, 537 sheep, 518 other cattle, 423 milk cows, 289 swine, 257 swine slaughtered or sold, 199 acres of potatoes, 191 bushels of beans, 185 cattle killed or sold, 168 acres of oats, 158 horses aged over 3 years, 149 geese, 148 sheep slaughtered or sold, 131 occupants of farms, 112 farm occupants who own their land, 84 turkeys, 77 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 ducks, 24 acres of barley, 20 oxen, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 14 bushels of peas, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 other fowl, 4 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 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: NB022007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB033007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7492719
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Sheffield

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). "Sheffield, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/sheffield-nb022007-1891/.