New Bandon, New Brunswick (1881 census)
New Bandon was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,390. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365854. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.697°N, 65.267°W.
Population
In 1881, New Bandon had a population of 2,390: 1,222 male and 1,168 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,228 |
| 1881 | 2,390 |
| 1891 | 2,456 |
| 1901 | 2,571 |
| 1911 | 2,595 |
| 1921 | 2,718 |
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, New Bandon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,390 total population, 1,222 males, 1,168 females, 634 married persons, 351 families, 317 married females, 317 married males, 79 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 29 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,677 single persons under 18, 876 single males under 18, 801 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 331 inhabited houses, 331 occupied houses, 21 houses under construction, 16 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 72,518 bushels of potatoes, 20,462 bushels of oats, 4,748 bushels of turnips, 4,445 bushels of spring wheat, 2,857 bushels of barley, 2,235 bushels of buckwheat, 1,828 tons of hay, 1,500 acres of hay crops, 585 acres of potatoes, 363 acres of wheat, 261 bushels of other root crops, 77 bushels of peas and beans, 50 bushels of corn, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 15,234 barrels of salmon, 11,435 barrels of mackerel, 4,091 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,728 quintals of cod, 794 barrels of herring or alewives, 659 barrels of other fish, 607 gallons of fish oil, 223 men on fishing boats, 163 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 139 fishing boats, 43 shoremen, 7 barrels of gaspareaux, 2 barrels of eels, 2 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 300,500 pounds of lobster canned, 851 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| S.J. (Stanislas Joseph) Doucet | 1847–1925 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,390 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:
NB036003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_NB025005_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365854
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bandon_Parish
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_New_Bandon
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). "New Bandon, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/new-bandon-nb036003-1881/.