Shippigan, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Shippigan was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,182. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.865°N, 64.585°W.

Population

In 1891, Shippigan had a population of 3,182: 1,614 male and 1,568 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).

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 3,182 total population, 1,614 males, 1,568 females, 970 married persons, 485 married females, 485 married males, 471 families, 86 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,126 single persons under 18, 1,103 single males under 18, 1,023 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,790 French Canadians, 1,392 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 454 occupied houses, 417 houses, 417 houses built of wood, 409 houses of 1 story, 179 houses of 2 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 53 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 27 houses of 1 room, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses under construction, 18 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 107,641 bushels of potatoes, 29,348 acres of land in farms, 23,770 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,325 bushels of turnips, 11,069 pounds of homemade butter, 10,111 bushels of oats, 5,578 acres of improved land in farms, 4,999 acres of farmland under crops, 4,561 bushels of spring wheat, 3,613 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,317 chickens, 1,754 bushels of barley, 1,738 sheep, 1,677 acres of hay crops, 1,303 swine, 1,115 tons of hay, 1,074 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 975 swine slaughtered or sold, 963 acres of potatoes, 747 acres of oats, 576 acres of farmland in pasture, 466 occupants of farms, 463 acres of wheat, 423 milk cows, 413 farm occupants who own their land, 362 sheep slaughtered or sold, 328 other cattle, 190 horses aged over 3 years, 175 geese, 164 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 158 oxen, 157 cattle killed or sold, 155 acres of barley, 140 acres of turnips, 135 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 95 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 farm occupants who rent their land, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 34 bushels of peas, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 29 ducks, 17 bushels of corn, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of beans, 4 other fowl, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB014008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB025009_1871_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365922
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shippegan_Parish
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Shippagan

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). "Shippigan, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/shippigan-nb014008-1891/.