West Isles, New Brunswick (1891 census)

West Isles was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,644. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7985568. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.982°N, 66.975°W.

Population

In 1891, West Isles had a population of 1,644: 848 male and 796 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,644 total population, 848 males, 796 females, 593 married persons, 327 families, 298 married males, 295 married females, 61 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 990 single persons under 18, 532 single males under 18, 458 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,644 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 325 occupied houses, 321 houses, 321 houses built of wood, 321 houses of 1 story, 247 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 34,476 pounds of homemade butter, 7,481 acres of land in farms, 6,750 bushels of potatoes, 4,352 acres of improved land in farms, 4,067 chickens, 3,395 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,129 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,889 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,514 bushels of turnips, 1,409 acres of farmland under crops, 1,141 sheep, 1,131 acres of hay crops, 955 tons of hay, 628 sheep slaughtered or sold, 374 bushels of oats, 286 occupants of farms, 277 farm occupants who own their land, 253 milk cows, 184 swine slaughtered or sold, 166 ducks, 132 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 118 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 115 bushels of beans, 115 bushels of peas, 104 cattle killed or sold, 99 other cattle, 97 swine, 82 acres of potatoes, 65 bushels of corn, 56 horses aged over 3 years, 54 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 49 bushels of buckwheat, 40 oxen, 27 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 24 geese, 22 acres of turnips, 16 acres of oats, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB013018 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q7985568
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Isles_Parish,_New_Brunswick

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). "West Isles, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/west-isles-nb013018-1891/.