Wilmot, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Wilmot was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,081. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q8022837. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.347°N, 67.710°W.

Population

In 1881, Wilmot had a population of 2,081: 1,065 male and 1,016 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Wilmot shared boundaries with:

• Simonds
• Wakefield
• Wicklow

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,081 total population, 1,065 males, 1,016 females, 698 married persons, 355 families, 350 married males, 348 married females, 52 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,331 single persons under 18, 697 single males under 18, 634 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 353 occupied houses, 351 inhabited houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 114,423 bushels of oats, 74,075 bushels of potatoes, 37,508 bushels of buckwheat, 8,600 bushels of spring wheat, 7,456 bushels of turnips, 4,248 acres of hay crops, 4,068 tons of hay, 625 bushels of other root crops, 529 acres of wheat, 489 bushels of peas and beans, 439 acres of potatoes, 198 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 166 bushels of barley, 72 bushels of corn, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,081 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: NB031005 — 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 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). "Wilmot, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/wilmot-nb031005-1881/.