Campobello, New Brunswick (1881 census)

Campobello was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,160. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365793. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.888°N, 66.936°W.

Population

In 1881, Campobello had a population of 1,160: 615 male and 545 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 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,160 total population, 615 males, 545 females, 383 married persons, 214 families, 192 married males, 191 married females, 50 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 727 single persons under 18, 400 single males under 18, 327 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 193 occupied houses, 191 inhabited houses, 8 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 9,049 bushels of potatoes, 642 tons of hay, 553 bushels of turnips, 544 acres of hay crops, 120 bushels of oats, 116 bushels of other root crops, 56 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of spring wheat, 20 bushels of buckwheat, 10 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of peas and beans, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 23,763 barrels of herring or alewives, 11,508 fathoms of fishing nets, 9,183 gallons of fish oil, 7,943 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 2,328 quintals of cod, 178 men on fishing boats, 156 fishing boats, 115 barrels of mackerel, 53 men on fishing vessels, 22 quintals of fascines fish, 11 fishing vessels, 8 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,160 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: NB026017 — 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 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). "Campobello, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/campobello-nb026017-1881/.