Grand Manan, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Grand Manan was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,616. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q54801369. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.696°N, 66.806°W.
Population
In 1881, Grand Manan had a population of 2,616: 1,363 male and 1,253 female residents. Population density was 40.4 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 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 521 |
| Number of families | 521 |
| Number of females | 1,253 |
| Number of males | 1,363 |
| Number of married females | 500 |
| Number of married males | 494 |
| Number of married persons | 994 |
| Number of widowed females | 56 |
| Number of widowed males | 27 |
| Number of widowed persons | 83 |
| POP TOT | 2,616 |
| Total population | 2,616 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 697 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 842 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,539 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 12 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 443 |
| Number of occupied houses | 443 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 960 |
| Acres of potatoes | 156 |
| Acres of wheat | 15 |
| BAR BU | 82 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,073 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 415 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 21,098 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 316 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 3,212 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 20 |
| BWT BU | 63 |
| CRN BU | 6 |
| HAY AC | 960 |
| HAY TONS | 1,272 |
| OAT BU | 1,073 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 61 |
| POT AC | 156 |
| POT BU | 21,098 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,272 |
| WHT AC | 15 |
| WHT SP BU | 316 |
| WHT WTR BU | 20 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 55,721 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 12,617 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 19,868 |
| Number of fishing boats | 502 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 12 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 668 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 65 |
| Number of shoremen | 44 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 65,600 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 8,982 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 28 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 15,683 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 55,721 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 668 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 502 |
| C UNMD F | 697 |
| C UNMD M | 842 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,539 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 8,982 |
| D OCC | 443 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 28 |
| FEMALE | 1,253 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 19,868 |
| GRA BU | 5 |
| H CON | 12 |
| H INHAB | 443 |
| H UNINH | 15 |
| HAD DX K | 15,683 |
| LOB XC P | 65,600 |
| MALE | 1,363 |
| MD F | 500 |
| MD M | 494 |
| MD TOT | 994 |
| NET XX F | 12,617 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 415 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 44 |
| TUR BU | 3,212 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 65 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 12 |
| WID F | 56 |
| WID M | 27 |
| WID TOT | 83 |
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). "Grand Manan, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/grand-manan-nb026018-1881/.