Lepreau, New Brunswick (1881 census)
Lepreau was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 562 |
| 1881 | 534 |
| 1891 | 423 |
| 1901 | 347 |
| 1911 | 446 |
| 1921 | 417 |
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 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 534 total population, 272 females, 262 males, 148 married persons, 88 families, 75 married males, 73 married females, 20 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 366 single persons under 18, 188 single females under 18, 178 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 79 inhabited houses, 79 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,215 bushels of potatoes, 1,676 bushels of oats, 782 bushels of turnips, 436 tons of hay, 244 acres of hay crops, 178 bushels of other root crops, 152 bushels of buckwheat, 61 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of peas and beans, 14 bushels of spring wheat, 10 bushels of barley, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,075 barrels of herring or alewives, 804 fathoms of fishing nets, 700 barrels of other fish, 350 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 240 gallons of fish oil, 53 barrels of salmon, 40 quintals of cod, 23 men on fishing boats, 22 men on fishing vessels, 13 barrels of mackerel, 11 fishing boats, 9 fishing vessels, 2 barrels of trout, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 8 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 534 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:
NB026002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB024006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365835
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepreau_Parish,_New_Brunswick
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Lepreau
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/.