Year: 1881
| Province: New Brunswick
| County: Kent
Weldford, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Weldford was a census subdivision in Kent County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,615. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.524°N, 65.109°W.
Population
In 1881, Weldford had a population of 3,615: 1,925 male and 1,690 female residents. Population density was 14.4 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Weldford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 632 |
| Number of families | 632 |
| Number of females | 1,690 |
| Number of males | 1,925 |
| Number of married females | 546 |
| Number of married males | 555 |
| Number of married persons | 1,101 |
| Number of widowed females | 73 |
| Number of widowed males | 32 |
| Number of widowed persons | 105 |
| POP TOT | 3,615 |
| Total population | 3,615 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,071 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,338 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,409 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 16 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 625 |
| Number of occupied houses | 625 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 22 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,265 |
| Acres of potatoes | 994 |
| Acres of wheat | 998 |
| BAR BU | 220 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 220 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 15,335 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 94 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 53 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 73,504 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 217 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 150,710 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 120 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 11,479 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,345 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| BWT BU | 15,335 |
| CRN BU | 53 |
| HAY AC | 3,265 |
| HAY TONS | 3,492 |
| OAT BU | 73,504 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 124 |
| POT AC | 994 |
| POT BU | 150,710 |
| RYE BU | 120 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,492 |
| WHT AC | 998 |
| WHT SP BU | 11,479 |
| WHT WTR BU | 14 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 81 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 367 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 111 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 173 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of whitefish produced in the past year | 19 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 1,521 |
| Number of fishing boats | 19 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 20 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 20 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 19 |
| C UNMD F | 1,071 |
| C UNMD M | 1,338 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,409 |
| CD NAME | Kent |
| D OCC | 625 |
| EEL XB Q | 81 |
| FEMALE | 1,690 |
| GRA BU | 94 |
| GSP XB Q | 367 |
| H CON | 16 |
| H INHAB | 625 |
| H UNINH | 22 |
| MALE | 1,925 |
| MCK XB Q | 111 |
| MD F | 546 |
| MD M | 555 |
| MD TOT | 1,101 |
| NET XX F | 1,521 |
| NUMBER CD | 34 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 173 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 217 |
| SHD XB Q | 2 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 3,345 |
| WHTFISH XB Q | 19 |
| WID F | 73 |
| WID M | 32 |
| WID TOT | 105 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
NB034005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB026010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Weldford, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/weldford-nb034005-1881/.