Shippigan, New Brunswick (1901 census)
Shippigan was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,786. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.865°N, 64.585°W.
Population
In 1901, Shippigan had a population of 3,786: 1,900 male and 1,886 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,015 |
| 1881 | 2,322 |
| 1891 | 3,182 |
| 1901 | 3,786 |
| 1911 | 4,732 |
| 1921 | 5,291 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,786 total population, 1,900 males, 1,886 females, 1,272 single males, 1,218 single females, 599 married males, 593 married females, 586 families, 75 widowed females, 29 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 549 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 52,378 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB016009— 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/shippigan-nb016009-1901/.