New Bandon, New Brunswick (1881 census)
New Bandon was a census subdivision in Gloucester County, 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
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 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 351 |
| Number of families | 351 |
| Number of females | 1,168 |
| Number of males | 1,222 |
| Number of married females | 317 |
| Number of married males | 317 |
| Number of married persons | 634 |
| Number of widowed females | 50 |
| Number of widowed males | 29 |
| Number of widowed persons | 79 |
| POP TOT | 2,390 |
| Total population | 2,390 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 801 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 876 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,677 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 21 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 331 |
| Number of occupied houses | 331 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,500 |
| Acres of potatoes | 585 |
| Acres of wheat | 363 |
| BAR BU | 2,857 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,857 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,235 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 48 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 20,462 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 261 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 77 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 72,518 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,445 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,748 |
| BWT BU | 2,235 |
| CRN BU | 50 |
| HAY AC | 1,500 |
| HAY TONS | 1,828 |
| OAT BU | 20,462 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 77 |
| POT AC | 585 |
| POT BU | 72,518 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,828 |
| WHT AC | 363 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,445 |
Fisheries (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 794 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 11,435 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 659 |
| Barrels of oysters produced in the past year | 851 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 15,234 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,091 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 607 |
| Number of fishing boats | 139 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 223 |
| Number of shoremen | 43 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 300,500 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 1,728 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 163 |
Other recorded variables (36 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 794 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 223 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 139 |
| C UNMD F | 801 |
| C UNMD M | 876 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,677 |
| CD NAME | Gloucester |
| COD DX K | 1,728 |
| D OCC | 331 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 1,168 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 607 |
| GRA BU | 48 |
| GSP XB Q | 7 |
| H CON | 21 |
| H INHAB | 331 |
| H UNINH | 16 |
| HAD DX K | 163 |
| HAL XB Q | 2 |
| LOB XC P | 300,500 |
| MALE | 1,222 |
| MCK XB Q | 11,435 |
| MD F | 317 |
| MD M | 317 |
| MD TOT | 634 |
| NET XX F | 4,091 |
| NUMBER CD | 36 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 659 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 261 |
| OYS XB Q | 851 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 43 |
| SLM XB Q | 15,234 |
| TUR BU | 4,748 |
| WID F | 50 |
| WID M | 29 |
| WID TOT | 79 |
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). "New Bandon, New Brunswick (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/new-bandon-nb036003-1881/.