West Isles, New Brunswick (1881 census)

West Isles was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,661. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7985568. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.982°N, 66.975°W.

Population

In 1881, West Isles had a population of 1,661: 860 male and 801 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, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,661 total population, 860 males, 801 females, 614 married persons, 332 families, 307 married females, 307 married males, 65 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 982 single persons under 18, 532 single males under 18, 450 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 286 inhabited houses, 286 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,642 bushels of potatoes, 1,842 bushels of turnips, 1,087 acres of hay crops, 880 tons of hay, 290 bushels of oats, 189 bushels of other root crops, 117 bushels of buckwheat, 105 bushels of spring wheat, 84 acres of potatoes, 74 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of barley, 9 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 86,411 barrels of herring or alewives, 21,919 gallons of fish oil, 15,000 fathoms of fishing nets, 12,445 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 5,431 quintals of cod, 286 men on fishing boats, 281 fishing boats, 269 barrels of mackerel, 108 quintals of fascines fish, 62 men on fishing vessels, 19 shoremen, 17 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3,092 barrels of sardines, 100 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,661 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: NB026016 — 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 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). "West Isles, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/west-isles-nb026016-1881/.