Lepreau, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Lepreau was a census subdivision in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 534. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365835. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.215°N, 66.524°W.
Population
In 1881, Lepreau had a population of 534: 262 male and 272 female residents. Population density was 6.0 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, Lepreau shared boundaries with:
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 | 88 |
| Number of families | 88 |
| Number of females | 272 |
| Number of males | 262 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 75 |
| Number of married persons | 148 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| POP TOT | 534 |
| Total population | 534 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 188 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 178 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 366 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 79 |
| Number of occupied houses | 79 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 244 |
| Acres of potatoes | 61 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 10 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 152 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,676 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 178 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 8,215 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 782 |
| BWT BU | 152 |
| HAY AC | 244 |
| HAY TONS | 436 |
| OAT BU | 1,676 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 22 |
| POT AC | 61 |
| POT BU | 8,215 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 436 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 14 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 2,075 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 13 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 700 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 53 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 804 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 240 |
| Number of fishing boats | 11 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 23 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 22 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 40 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 350 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 2,075 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 23 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 11 |
| C UNMD F | 188 |
| C UNMD M | 178 |
| C UNMD TOT | 366 |
| CD NAME | Charlotte |
| COD DX K | 40 |
| D OCC | 79 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 272 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 240 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 79 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| HAD DX K | 350 |
| MALE | 262 |
| MCK XB Q | 13 |
| MD F | 73 |
| MD M | 75 |
| MD TOT | 148 |
| NET XX F | 804 |
| NUMBER CD | 26 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 700 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 178 |
| SAR XB Q | 8 |
| SLM XB Q | 53 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 782 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 22 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 9 |
| WID F | 11 |
| WID M | 9 |
| WID TOT | 20 |
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). "Lepreau, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/lepreau-nb026002-1881/.