South Esk, New Brunswick (1881 census)
South Esk was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365932. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.989°N, 66.428°W.
Population
In 1881, South Esk had a population of 1,093: 570 male and 523 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,093 |
| 1891 | 1,043 |
| 1901 | 1,134 |
| 1911 | 1,304 |
| 1921 | 1,325 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Northesk, 1871 (42.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, South Esk shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,093 total population, 570 males, 523 females, 337 married persons, 196 families, 169 married females, 168 married males, 42 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 714 single persons under 18, 386 single males under 18, 328 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 192 occupied houses, 191 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,548 bushels of potatoes, 17,096 bushels of oats, 3,376 bushels of buckwheat, 3,071 bushels of turnips, 1,295 tons of hay, 968 bushels of spring wheat, 880 acres of hay crops, 159 acres of potatoes, 143 acres of wheat, 118 bushels of other root crops, 96 bushels of peas and beans, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 bushels of corn, 25 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,892 fathoms of fishing nets, 80 barrels of salmon, 64 barrels of other fish, 7 fishing boats, 7 men on fishing boats, 3 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John P. Tenass | 1849–1928 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,093 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB035004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB029013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365932
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southesk_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Southesk
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "South Esk, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/south-esk-nb035004-1881/.