Wellington, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Wellington was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,861. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.475°N, 64.736°W.

Population

In 1891, Wellington had a population of 3,861: 1,942 male and 1,919 female residents.

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 1891

In the 1891 census, Wellington shared boundaries with:

• Dundas
• Richibucto
• St. Mary

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,861 total population, 1,942 males, 1,919 females, 1,138 married persons, 613 families, 570 married males, 568 married females, 148 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 67 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,575 single persons under 18, 1,305 single males under 18, 1,270 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,019 French Canadians, 842 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 546 occupied houses, 542 houses, 542 houses built of wood, 278 houses of 2 stories, 258 houses of 1 story, 190 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 69 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 2 rooms, 68 houses of 5 rooms, 48 uninhabited houses, 42 houses of 1 room, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses of 3 stories, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 146,847 bushels of potatoes, 42,329 pounds of homemade butter, 40,074 acres of land in farms, 30,557 bushels of oats, 23,475 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,599 acres of improved land in farms, 13,528 acres of farmland under crops, 11,627 chickens, 11,158 bushels of buckwheat, 8,556 bushels of spring wheat, 7,560 bushels of turnips, 7,123 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,282 acres of hay crops, 3,004 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,904 acres of oats, 2,763 sheep, 2,429 tons of hay, 1,334 ducks, 1,250 other cattle, 1,228 acres of potatoes, 1,209 swine, 1,025 milk cows, 890 bushels of barley, 871 acres of wheat, 856 turkeys, 634 swine slaughtered or sold, 597 geese, 591 sheep slaughtered or sold, 556 occupants of farms, 529 farm occupants who own their land, 525 horses aged over 3 years, 497 cattle killed or sold, 233 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 190 other fowl, 178 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 158 bushels of peas, 157 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 154 horses aged 3 years and under, 150 bushels of beans, 113 bushels of corn, 86 bushels of rye, 86 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 82 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 79 acres of barley, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 acres of turnips, 44 oxen, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB015010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB026011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365938
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Wellington

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 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). "Wellington, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/wellington-nb015010-1891/.