Weldford, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Weldford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,615. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365943. 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 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Weldford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,615 total population, 1,925 males, 1,690 females, 1,101 married persons, 632 families, 555 married males, 546 married females, 105 widowed persons, 73 widowed females, 32 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,409 single persons under 18, 1,338 single males under 18, 1,071 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 625 inhabited houses, 625 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 16 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 150,710 bushels of potatoes, 73,504 bushels of oats, 15,335 bushels of buckwheat, 11,479 bushels of spring wheat, 3,492 tons of hay, 3,345 bushels of turnips, 3,265 acres of hay crops, 998 acres of wheat, 994 acres of potatoes, 220 bushels of barley, 217 bushels of other root crops, 124 bushels of peas and beans, 120 bushels of rye, 94 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 bushels of corn, 14 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,521 fathoms of fishing nets, 367 barrels of gaspareaux, 173 barrels of other fish, 111 barrels of mackerel, 81 barrels of eels, 20 men on fishing boats, 19 fishing boats, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of shad, 19 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,615 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:
NB034005— 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 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/.