Shippigan, New Brunswick (1911 census)
Shippigan was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 4,732. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.865°N, 64.585°W.
Population
In 1911, Shippigan had a population of 4,732: 2,387 male and 2,345 female residents. Population density was 57.8 people per square mile.
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, 1911
The 1911 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 52,378 area in acres, 4,732 total population, 2,387 males in the population, 2,345 females in the population, 1,590 single (never-married) males, 1,528 single (never-married) females, 745 married males, 737 married females, 709 families, 81.84 area in square miles, 80 widowed females, 57.82 population per square mile, 50 widowed males, 1 legally separated males, 1 males with marital status not given. 3,786 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)
Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 4,361 persons of French origin, 326 persons of British origin (English), 32 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 7 persons of Russian origin, 4 persons of British origin (Irish), 1 persons of Dutch origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Religion (1911). This community's record includes 4,478 Roman Catholics, 166 Presbyterians, 47 Anglicans (Church of England), 25 Methodists, 16 Protestants (general / no denomination specified), 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)
Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 664 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB027009— 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/shippigan-nb027009-1911/.