Wilmot, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Wilmot was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,928. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8022837. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.347°N, 67.710°W.

Population

In 1891, Wilmot had a population of 1,928: 1,005 male and 923 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, Wilmot shared boundaries with:

• Simonds
• Wakefield
• Wicklow

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,928 total population, 1,005 males, 923 females, 668 married persons, 377 families, 335 married males, 333 married females, 91 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,169 single persons under 18, 633 single males under 18, 536 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,928 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 364 occupied houses, 363 houses, 363 houses built of wood, 218 houses of 1 story, 196 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 141 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 52 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 4 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 115,682 pounds of homemade butter, 108,254 bushels of oats, 39,463 acres of land in farms, 36,792 bushels of potatoes, 26,731 bushels of buckwheat, 21,691 acres of improved land in farms, 17,772 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,622 acres of farmland under crops, 10,406 chickens, 9,460 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 8,219 tons of hay, 8,040 acres of hay crops, 4,899 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,258 acres of oats, 3,512 sheep, 3,476 bushels of turnips, 2,967 bushels of spring wheat, 2,018 bushels of barley, 1,888 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,857 turkeys, 1,406 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,229 milk cows, 987 swine, 978 other cattle, 882 swine slaughtered or sold, 862 geese, 648 horses aged over 3 years, 534 cattle killed or sold, 433 bushels of beans, 396 acres of potatoes, 382 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 343 occupants of farms, 335 farm occupants who own their land, 334 horses aged 3 years and under, 299 ducks, 171 acres of wheat, 170 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 136 bushels of peas, 136 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 114 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 90 acres of barley, 36 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 oxen, 18 acres of turnips, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 bushels of corn, 2 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB012010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB023010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q8022837
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmot_Parish

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). "Wilmot, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/wilmot-nb012010-1891/.