Wicklow, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Wicklow was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,240. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365948. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.501°N, 67.707°W.

Population

In 1891, Wicklow had a population of 2,240: 1,173 male and 1,067 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, Wicklow shared boundaries with:

• Andover
• Kent
• Simonds
• Wilmot

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,240 total population, 1,173 males, 1,067 females, 799 married persons, 401 married females, 399 families, 398 married males, 79 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,362 single persons under 18, 741 single males under 18, 621 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,240 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 392 occupied houses, 390 houses, 389 houses built of wood, 339 houses of 1 story, 164 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 53 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 50 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 127,054 bushels of oats, 122,098 pounds of homemade butter, 42,104 bushels of buckwheat, 40,954 acres of land in farms, 35,841 bushels of potatoes, 23,620 acres of improved land in farms, 18,082 acres of farmland under crops, 17,334 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,017 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,961 chickens, 8,780 acres of hay crops, 8,380 tons of hay, 5,882 bushels of spring wheat, 5,339 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,153 acres of oats, 4,317 bushels of turnips, 2,901 sheep, 2,103 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,726 bushels of barley, 1,410 milk cows, 930 swine slaughtered or sold, 923 other cattle, 729 bushels of beans, 679 horses aged over 3 years, 664 cattle killed or sold, 531 swine, 402 acres of potatoes, 402 occupants of farms, 391 farm occupants who own their land, 377 acres of wheat, 350 horses aged 3 years and under, 337 bushels of peas, 308 geese, 300 turkeys, 236 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 199 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 184 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 101 ducks, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 84 acres of barley, 64 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 43 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 oxen, 30 bushels of corn, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 25 acres of turnips, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 employees on farms. (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: NB012009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB023009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365948
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicklow_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Wicklow

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). "Wicklow, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/wicklow-nb012009-1891/.