Colborne, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Colborne was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 853 |
| 1881 | 890 |
| 1891 | 901 |
| 1901 | 1,072 |
| 1911 | 1,299 |
| 1921 | 1,366 |
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 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 890 total population, 452 males, 438 females, 251 married persons, 142 families, 127 married females, 124 married males, 30 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 609 single persons under 18, 316 single males under 18, 293 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 142 occupied houses, 136 inhabited houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,696 bushels of potatoes, 20,897 bushels of oats, 1,487 bushels of buckwheat, 1,246 tons of hay, 1,045 acres of hay crops, 1,040 bushels of turnips, 883 bushels of spring wheat, 697 bushels of winter wheat, 410 bushels of barley, 237 acres of potatoes, 136 acres of wheat, 120 bushels of peas and beans, 42 bushels of other root crops, 5 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,617 fathoms of fishing nets, 309 barrels of herring or alewives, 285 barrels of salmon, 72 barrels of mackerel, 38 fishing boats, 38 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 22,000 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 890 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:
NB037004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB031003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365802
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colborne_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Colborne
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/.