Wellington, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Wellington was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,519. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.475°N, 64.736°W.
Population
In 1881, Wellington had a population of 3,519: 1,758 male and 1,761 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,225 |
| 1881 | 3,519 |
| 1891 | 3,861 |
| 1901 | 3,949 |
| 1911 | 4,110 |
| 1921 | 4,194 |
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, Wellington shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,519 total population, 1,761 females, 1,758 males, 1,050 married persons, 543 families, 526 married females, 524 married males, 124 widowed persons, 70 widowed females, 54 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,345 single persons under 18, 1,180 single males under 18, 1,165 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 519 occupied houses, 518 inhabited houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 15 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 172,050 bushels of potatoes, 45,654 bushels of oats, 11,892 bushels of buckwheat, 11,629 bushels of spring wheat, 7,558 bushels of turnips, 3,273 acres of hay crops, 2,423 tons of hay, 1,628 bushels of barley, 1,269 acres of potatoes, 1,169 acres of wheat, 935 bushels of rye, 277 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 265 bushels of corn, 181 bushels of other root crops, 149 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,451 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,625 barrels of other fish, 654 barrels of mackerel, 615 quintals of cod, 212 barrels of herring or alewives, 209 men on fishing boats, 115 fishing boats, 69 barrels of gaspareaux, 5 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of trout, 1 gallons of fish oil. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 5 barrels of whitefish, 398,550 pounds of lobster canned, 910 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alphée Belliveau | 1851–1927 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,519 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:
NB034006— 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 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). "Wellington, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/wellington-nb034006-1881/.