Welford, New Brunswick (1921 census)

Welford was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 2,761. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365943. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.522°N, 65.111°W.

Population

In 1921, Welford had a population of 2,761: 1,455 male and 1,306 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Welford shared boundaries with:

• Acadieville
• Harcourt
• Indian reserves
• NO DATA
• Richibucto
• St. Charles
• St. Louis
• St. Mary
• St. Paul

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 26 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 2,761 total population, 1,455 males in the population, 1,435 males born in Canada, 1,306 females in the population, 1,286 females born in Canada, 15 males born outside the British Empire, 13 females born outside the British Empire, 7 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 5 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 919 persons of British origin (English), 906 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 579 persons of French origin, 342 persons of British origin (Irish), 13 persons of other Asian origin, 1 persons of Austrian origin, 1 persons of Syrian origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 1,047 Presbyterians, 903 Roman Catholics, 519 Anglicans (Church of England), 191 Methodists, 51 Baptists, 34 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 9 adherents of Eastern religions, 5 adherents of other sects (residual category in 1921), 1 Adventists, 1 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27; V1T38.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB026010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB026010 — 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 1921 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). "Welford, New Brunswick (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/welford-nb026010-1921/.