Campobello, New Brunswick (1891 census)

Campobello was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,188. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365793. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.888°N, 66.936°W.

Population

In 1891, Campobello had a population of 1,188: 621 male and 567 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 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,188 total population, 621 males, 567 females, 410 married persons, 214 families, 207 married females, 203 married males, 46 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 732 single persons under 18, 400 single males under 18, 332 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,188 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 210 occupied houses, 207 houses, 207 houses built of wood, 202 houses of 1 story, 117 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 5 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 18,638 pounds of homemade butter, 11,254 acres of land in farms, 10,169 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,614 bushels of potatoes, 2,904 chickens, 1,743 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,085 acres of improved land in farms, 732 bushels of turnips, 580 acres of farmland under crops, 542 sheep, 539 tons of hay, 498 acres of hay crops, 452 acres of farmland in pasture, 444 sheep slaughtered or sold, 201 geese, 197 occupants of farms, 192 milk cows, 168 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 150 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 144 swine slaughtered or sold, 117 ducks, 117 farm occupants who own their land, 117 swine, 110 bushels of oats, 80 farm occupants who rent their land, 70 acres of potatoes, 68 other cattle, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 bushels of peas, 40 other fowl, 38 cattle killed or sold, 31 horses aged over 3 years, 30 oxen, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 turkeys, 10 bushels of beans, 6 acres of oats, 6 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB013001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB024001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3365793
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campobello_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Campobello

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). "Campobello, New Brunswick (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/campobello-nb013001-1891/.