Colborne, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Colborne was a census subdivision in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 890. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365802. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.766°N, 66.271°W.
Population
In 1881, Colborne had a population of 890: 452 male and 438 female residents. Population density was 2.9 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Colborne shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 142 |
| Number of families | 142 |
| Number of females | 438 |
| Number of males | 452 |
| Number of married females | 127 |
| Number of married males | 124 |
| Number of married persons | 251 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 30 |
| POP TOT | 890 |
| Total population | 890 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 293 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 316 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 609 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 136 |
| Number of occupied houses | 142 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,045 |
| Acres of potatoes | 237 |
| Acres of wheat | 136 |
| BAR BU | 410 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 410 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,487 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 20,897 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 120 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 36,696 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 883 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,040 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 697 |
| BWT BU | 1,487 |
| HAY AC | 1,045 |
| HAY TONS | 1,246 |
| OAT BU | 20,897 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 120 |
| POT AC | 237 |
| POT BU | 36,696 |
| RYE BU | 5 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,246 |
| WHT AC | 136 |
| WHT SP BU | 883 |
| WHT WTR BU | 697 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 309 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 72 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 285 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 10,617 |
| Number of fishing boats | 38 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 38 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 22,000 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 309 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 38 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 38 |
| C UNMD F | 293 |
| C UNMD M | 316 |
| C UNMD TOT | 609 |
| CD NAME | Restigouche |
| D OCC | 142 |
| EEL XB Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 438 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 136 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| LOB XC P | 22,000 |
| MALE | 452 |
| MCK XB Q | 72 |
| MD F | 127 |
| MD M | 124 |
| MD TOT | 251 |
| NET XX F | 10,617 |
| NUMBER CD | 37 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 42 |
| SHAN | 6 |
| SLM XB Q | 285 |
| TUR BU | 1,040 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 30 |
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). "Colborne, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/colborne-nb037004-1881/.