Campobello, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Campobello was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, 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 density was 63.7 people per square mile.
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 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| FAM NO | 214 |
| Number of families | 214 |
| Number of females | 545 |
| Number of males | 615 |
| Number of married females | 191 |
| Number of married males | 192 |
| Number of married persons | 383 |
| Number of widowed females | 27 |
| Number of widowed males | 23 |
| Number of widowed persons | 50 |
| POP TOT | 1,160 |
| Total population | 1,160 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| Number of single females under 18 | 327 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 400 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 727 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 191 |
| Number of occupied houses | 193 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| Acres of hay crops | 544 |
| Acres of potatoes | 56 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 120 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 116 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,049 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 553 |
| BWT BU | 20 |
| HAY AC | 544 |
| HAY TONS | 642 |
| OAT BU | 120 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 4 |
| POT AC | 56 |
| POT BU | 9,049 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 642 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 22 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 23,763 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 115 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 11,508 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 9,183 |
| Number of fishing boats | 156 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 11 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 178 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 53 |
| Number of shoremen | 8 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,328 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 22 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 7,943 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 23,763 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 178 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 156 |
| C UNMD F | 327 |
| C UNMD M | 400 |
| C UNMD TOT | 727 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 2,328 |
| D OCC | 193 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 22 |
| FEMALE | 545 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 9,183 |
| H CON | 3 |
| H INHAB | 191 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| HAD DX K | 7,943 |
| MALE | 615 |
| MCK XB Q | 115 |
| MD F | 191 |
| MD M | 192 |
| MD TOT | 383 |
| NET XX F | 11,508 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 116 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 8 |
| TUR BU | 553 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 53 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 11 |
| WID F | 27 |
| WID M | 23 |
| WID TOT | 50 |
Identifiers
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/.