Weldford, New Brunswick (1901 census)
Weldford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 3,317. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.524°N, 65.109°W.
Population
In 1901, Weldford had a population of 3,317: 1,771 male and 1,546 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,302 |
| 1881 | 3,615 |
| 1891 | 3,561 |
| 1901 | 3,317 |
| 1911 | 3,297 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Weldford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 13 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 3,317 total population, 1,771 males, 1,546 females, 1,218 single males, 940 single females, 575 families, 516 married females, 513 married males, 89 widowed females, 40 widowed males, 1 divorced females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 573 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 169,523 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB017009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB028009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365943
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weldford_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Weldford
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). "Weldford, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/weldford-nb017009-1901/.